The Adventures of Pinocchio

How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child. Centuries ago there lived-- “A king!” my little readers will say immediat...

Mastro 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. In that very instant, a loud ...

As soon as he gets home, Geppetto fashions the Marionette and calls it Pinocchio. The first pranks of the Marionette. Little as Geppetto’s house was, it was neat and comfortable....

The 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. Very little time did it take t...

Pinocchio is hungry and looks for an egg to cook himself an omelet; but, to his surprise, the omelet flies out of the window. If the Cricket’s death scared Pinocchio at all, it wa...

Pinocchio falls asleep with his feet on a foot warmer, and awakens the next day with his feet all burned off. Pinocchio hated the dark street, but he was so hungry that, in spite ...

Geppetto returns home and gives his own breakfast to the Marionette The poor Marionette, who was still half asleep, had not yet found out that his two feet were burned and gone. A...

Geppetto makes Pinocchio a new pair of feet, and sells his coat to buy him an A-B-C book. The Marionette, as soon as his hunger was appeased, started to grumble and cry that he wa...

Pinocchio sells his A-B-C book to pay his way into the Marionette Theater. See Pinocchio hurrying off to school with his new A-B-C book under his arm! As he walked along, his brai...

The 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. Quick as a...

Fire Eater sneezes and forgives Pinocchio, who saves his friend, Harlequin, from death. In the theater, great excitement reigned. Fire Eater (this was really his name) was very u...

Fire Eater gives Pinocchio five gold pieces for his father, Geppetto; but the Marionette meets a Fox and a Cat and follows them. The next day Fire Eater called Pinocchio aside and...

The Inn of the Red Lobster Cat and Fox and Marionette walked and walked and walked. At last, toward evening, dead tired, they came to the Inn of the Red Lobster. “Let us stop her...

Pinocchio, not having listened to the good advice of the Talking Cricket, falls into the hands of the Assassins. “Dear, oh, dear! When I come to think of it,” said the Marionette ...

The Assassins chase Pinocchio, catch him, and hang him to the branch of a giant oak tree. As he ran, the Marionette felt more and more certain that he would have to give himself u...

The 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. If the poor Marionette had dan...

Pinocchio 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 no...

Pinocchio finds the Fox and the Cat again, and goes with them to sow the gold pieces in the Field of Wonders. Crying as if his heart would break, the Marionette mourned for hours ...

Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison. If the Marionette had been told to wait a day instead of twenty minutes, the time...

Freed 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. Fancy the happiness of Pinocchio on finding himself ...

Pinocchio is caught by a Farmer, who uses him as a watchdog for his chicken coop. Pinocchio, as you may well imagine, began to scream and weep and beg; but all was of no use, for ...

Pinocchio discovers the thieves and, as a reward for faithfulness, he regains his liberty. Even though a boy may be very unhappy, he very seldom loses sleep over his worries. The ...

Pinocchio 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...

Pinocchio reaches the Island of the Busy Bees and finds the Fairy once more. Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all nig...

Pinocchio 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. If Pinocchio cried much longer, the little wom...

Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark. In the morning, bright and early, Pinocchio started for school. Imagine what the boys said when they sa...

The great battle between Pinocchio and his playmates. One is wounded. Pinocchio is arrested. Going like the wind, Pinocchio took but a very short time to reach the shore. He glanc...

Pinocchio runs the danger of being fried in a pan like a fish During that wild chase, Pinocchio lived through a terrible moment when he almost gave himself up as lost. This was wh...

Pinocchio 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 celebrat...

Pinocchio, instead of becoming a boy, runs away to the Land of Toys with his friend, Lamp-Wick. Coming at last out of the surprise into which the Fairy’s words had thrown him, Pin...

After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him. Finally the wagon arrived. It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with...

Pinocchio’s ears become like those of a Donkey. In a little while he changes into a real Donkey and begins to bray. Everyone, at one time or another, has found some surprise await...

Pinocchio, 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 f...

Pinocchio 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. Down into the sea, deeper and de...

In the Shark’s body Pinocchio finds whom? Read this chapter, my children, and you will know. Pinocchio, as soon as he had said good-by to his good friend, the Tunny, tottered away...

Pinocchio finally ceases to be a Marionette and becomes a boy “My dear Father, we are saved!” cried the Marionette. “All we have to do now is to get to the shore, and that is easy...