The Adventures of Pinocchio

Carlo Collodi’s story of Pinocchio, a mischievous wooden puppet carved by the poor old Geppetto, whose disobedience and lies lead him into one danger after another.

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Famous quotes

• Once upon a time there was a piece of wood.

  Chapter 1In context

• Woe to boys who refuse to obey their parents and run away from home! They will never be happy in this world, and when they are older they will be very sorry for it.

  Chapter 4In context

  • Children
  • Family

• Lies, my boy, are known in a moment. There are two kinds of lies, lies with short legs and lies with long noses. Yours, just now, happen to have long noses.

  Chapter 17In context

  • Truth & Lies

• How ridiculous I was as a Marionette! And how happy I am, now that I have become a real boy!

  Chapter 36In context

  • Change
  • Happiness

Contents

1. Chapter 1How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child
2. Chapter 2Mastro Cherry gives the piece of wood to his friend Geppetto, who takes it to make himself a Marionette that will dance, fence, and turn somersaults
3. Chapter 3As soon as he gets home, Geppetto fashions the Marionette and calls it Pinocchio. The first pranks of the Marionette
4. Chapter 4The story of Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, in which one sees that bad children do not like to be corrected by those who know more than they do
5. Chapter 5Pinocchio is hungry and looks for an egg to cook himself an omelet; but, to his surprise, the omelet flies out of the window
6. Chapter 6Pinocchio falls asleep with his feet on a foot warmer, and awakens the next day with his feet all burned off
7. Chapter 7Geppetto returns home and gives his own breakfast to the Marionette
8. Chapter 8Geppetto makes Pinocchio a new pair of feet, and sells his coat to buy him an A-B-C book
9. Chapter 9Pinocchio sells his A-B-C book to pay his way into the Marionette Theater
10. Chapter 10The Marionettes recognize their brother Pinocchio, and greet him with loud cheers; but the Director, Fire Eater, happens along and poor Pinocchio almost loses his life
11. Chapter 11Fire Eater sneezes and forgives Pinocchio, who saves his friend, Harlequin, from death
12. Chapter 12Fire Eater gives Pinocchio five gold pieces for his father, Geppetto; but the Marionette meets a Fox and a Cat and follows them
13. Chapter 13The Inn of the Red Lobster
14. Chapter 14Pinocchio, not having listened to the good advice of the Talking Cricket, falls into the hands of the Assassins
15. Chapter 15The Assassins chase Pinocchio, catch him, and hang him to the branch of a giant oak tree
16. Chapter 16The Lovely Maiden with Azure Hair sends for the poor Marionette, puts him to bed, and calls three Doctors to tell her if Pinocchio is dead or alive
17. Chapter 17Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine. When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better. Afterwards he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer
18. Chapter 18Pinocchio finds the Fox and the Cat again, and goes with them to sow the gold pieces in the Field of Wonders
19. Chapter 19Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison
20. Chapter 20Freed from prison, Pinocchio sets out to return to the Fairy; but on the way he meets a Serpent and later is caught in a trap
21. Chapter 21Pinocchio is caught by a Farmer, who uses him as a watchdog for his chicken coop
22. Chapter 22Pinocchio discovers the thieves and, as a reward for faithfulness, he regains his liberty
23. Chapter 23Pinocchio weeps upon learning that the Lovely Maiden with Azure Hair is dead. He meets a Pigeon, who carries him to the seashore. He throws himself into the sea to go to the aid of his father
24. Chapter 24Pinocchio reaches the Island of the Busy Bees and finds the Fairy once more
25. Chapter 25Pinocchio promises the Fairy to be good and to study, as he is growing tired of being a Marionette, and wishes to become a real boy
26. Chapter 26Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark
27. Chapter 27The great battle between Pinocchio and his playmates. One is wounded. Pinocchio is arrested
28. Chapter 28Pinocchio runs the danger of being fried in a pan like a fish
29. Chapter 29Pinocchio returns to the Fairy’s house and she promises him that, on the morrow, he will cease to be a Marionette and become a boy. A wonderful party of coffee-and-milk to celebrate the great event
30. Chapter 30Pinocchio, instead of becoming a boy, runs away to the Land of Toys with his friend, Lamp-Wick
31. Chapter 31After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him
32. Chapter 32Pinocchio’s ears become like those of a Donkey. In a little while he changes into a real Donkey and begins to bray
33. Chapter 33Pinocchio, having become a Donkey, is bought by the owner of a Circus, who wants to teach him to do tricks. The Donkey becomes lame and is sold to a man who wants to use his skin for a drumhead
34. Chapter 34Pinocchio is thrown into the sea, eaten by fishes, and becomes a Marionette once more. As he swims to land, he is swallowed by the Terrible Shark
35. Chapter 35In the Shark’s body Pinocchio finds whom? Read this chapter, my children, and you will know
36. Chapter 36Pinocchio finally ceases to be a Marionette and becomes a boy