"Pinocchio: The Tale of a Puppet" is a children's novel by Carlo Collodi. It follows a wooden puppet carved by Geppetto who comes to life and, through mischief and wandering, learns about responsibility and obedience. A warm classic coming-of-age story, well suited for family listening.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
"HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO GO IN?" Title Page PINOCCHIO THE TALE OF A PUPPET By C COLLODI Illustrated By ALICE CARSEY Whitman Publishing Co. RACINE, WISCONSIN COPYRIGHT 1916 BY Whitman Publishing Co. RACINE, WISCONSIN PRINTED IN U.S.A. CONTENTS Chap. Page I The Piece of Wood That Laughed and Cried Like a Child 9 II Master Cherry Gives the Wood Away 12 III Geppetto Names His Puppet Pinocchio 16 IV The Talking-Cricket Scolds Pinocchio 23 V The Flying Egg 26 VI Pinocchio's Feet Burn to Cinders 29 VII Geppetto Gives His Own Breakfast to Pinocchio 31 VIII Geppetto Makes Pinocchio New Feet 35
IX Pinocchio Goes To See a Puppet-Show 39 X The Puppets Recognize Their Brother Pinocchio 42 XI Fire-Eater Sneezes and Pardons Pinocchio 45 XII Pinocchio Receives a Present of Five Gold Pieces 49 XIII The Inn of the Red Craw-Fish 57 XIV Pinocchio Falls Among Assassins 61 XV The Assassins Hang Pinocchio to the Big Oak 65 XVI The Beautiful Child Rescues the Puppet 71 XVII Pinocchio Will Not Take His Medicine 75 XVIII Pinocchio Again Meets the Fox and the Cat 81 XIX Pinocchio Is Robbed of His Money 87 XX Pinocchio Starts Back to the Fairy's House 91 XXI Pinocchio Acts as Watch-dog 94 XXII Pinocchio Discovers the Robbers 97 XXIII Pinocchio Flies to the Seashore 101 XXIV Pinocchio Finds the Fairy Again 109 XXV Pinocchio Promises the Fairy To Be Good 116 XXVI The Terrible Dog-Fish 120 XXVII Pinocchio Is Arrested by the Gendarmes 126 XXVIII Pinocchio Escapes Being Fried Like a Fish 133 XXIX He Returns to the Fairy's House 139 XXX The "Land of Boobies" 147 XXXI Pinocchio Enjoys Five Months of Happiness 153 XXXII Pinocchio Turns Into a Donkey 160 XXXIII Pinocchio Is Trained for the Circus 167 XXXIV Pinocchio Is Swallowed by the Dog-Fish 178 XXXV A Happy Surprise for Pinocchio 186 XXXVI Pinocchio at Last Ceases to Be a Puppet and Becomes a Boy 194 LINE ILLUSTRATIONS Decorative Title Page 1
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