Pinocchio ran to the mirror. He hardly recognized himself. The bright face of a tall boy looked at him with wide-awake blue eyes,dark brown hair and happy, smiling lips. Surrounded by so much splendor 17 , the Marionette hardlyknew what he was doing. He rubbed his eyes two or three times,wondering if he were still asleep or awake and decided 18 he must be awake. "And where is Father?" he cried suddenly. He raninto the next room, and there stood Geppetto, grown yearsyounger overnight, spick and s...
Nov 18, 2021•2 min•Ep. 151
When Pinocchio returned home, his father asked him: "And where is the new suit?""I couldn't find one to fit me. I shall have to look againsome other day."That night, Pinocchio, instead of going to bed at teno'clock waited until midnight, and instead of makingeight baskets, he made sixteen. After that he went to bed and fell asleep. As he slept,he dreamed of his Fairy, beautiful, smiling, and happy,who kissed him and said to him, "Bravo, Pinocchio! Inreward for your kind heart, I forgive you for ...
Nov 15, 2021•2 min•Ep. 150
"Don't you recognize me?" said the Snail. "Yes and no.""Do you remember the Snail that lived with the Fairywith Azure 13 Hair? Do you not remember how she openedthe door for you one night and gave you something to eat?""I remember everything," cried Pinocchio. "Answerme quickly, pretty Snail, where have you left my Fairy? What is she doing? Has she forgiven me? Does sheremember me? Does she still love me? Is she very far awayfrom here? May I see her?"At all these questions, tumbling out one afte...
Nov 11, 2021•2 min•Ep. 149
From that day on, for more than five months, Pinocchiogot up every morning just as dawn was breaking and wentto the farm to draw water. And every day he was givena glass of warm milk for his poor old father, who grewstronger and better day by day. But he was not satisfiedwith this. He learned to make baskets of reeds and soldthem. With the money he received, he and his father wereable to keep from starving. Among other things, he built a rolling chair, strong andcomfortable, to take his old fath...
Nov 08, 2021•2 min•Ep. 148
Do you know how to draw water from a well?""I can try.""Then go to that well you see yonder and draw onehundred bucketfuls of water.""Very well.""After you have finished, I shall give you a glass ofwarm sweet milk.""I am satisfied."Farmer John took the Marionette to the well and showedhim how to draw the water. Pinocchio set to work as wellas he knew how, but long before he had pulled up the onehundred buckets, he was tired out and dripping withperspiration. He had never worked so hard in his li...
Nov 04, 2021•3 min•Ep. 147
I deserve it! But spare my poor old father.""I am going to spare both the father and the son. I haveonly wanted to remind you of the trick you long agoplayed upon me, to teach you that in this world of ourswe must be kind and courteous 9 to others, if we want tofind kindness and courtesy in our own days of trouble.""You are right, little Cricket, you are more than right,and I shall remember the lesson you have taught me. Butwill you tell how you succeeded in buying this prettylittle cottage?""Th...
Nov 01, 2021•3 min•Ep. 146
"Addio, false friends. Remember the old proverb: `Whoever steals his neighbor's shirt, usually dies withouthis own.'"Waving good-by to them, Pinocchio and Geppettocalmly went on their way. After a few more steps,they saw, at the end of a long road near a clump 7 of trees,a tiny cottage built of straw. "Someone must live in that little hut," said Pinocchio. "Let us see for ourselves."They went and knocked at the door. "Who is it?" said a little voice from within. "A poor father and a poorer son, ...
Oct 28, 2021•2 min•Ep. 145
Pinocchio offered his arm to Geppetto, who was soweak he could hardly stand, and said to him: "Lean on my arm, dear Father, and let us go. We willwalk very, very slowly, and if we feel tired we can restby the wayside.""And where are we going?" asked Geppetto. "To look for a house or a hut, where they will be kind enoughto give us a bite of bread and a bit of straw to sleep on."They had not taken a hundred steps when they saw tworough-looking individuals sitting on a stone begging for alms. It wa...
Oct 25, 2021•2 min•Ep. 144
"What is the trouble?""It is I and my poor father.""I know the voice. You are Pinocchio.""Exactly. And you?""I am the Tunny, your companion in the Shark's stomach.""And how did you escape?""I imitated your example. You are the one who showedme the way and after you went, I followed.""Tunny, you arrived at the right moment! I implore 4 you,for the love you bear your children, the little Tunnies,to help us, or we are lost!""With great pleasure indeed. Hang onto my tail, bothof you, and let me lead...
Oct 21, 2021•2 min•Ep. 143
Pinocchio finally ceases to be a Marionette 1 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."Without another word, he swam swiftly away in aneffort to reach land as soon as possible. All at once henoticed that Geppetto was shivering and shaking as if witha high fever. Was he shivering from fear or from cold? Who knows? Perhaps a little of both. But Pinocchio, thinking his fatherwas frightened, tried to comf...
Oct 18, 2021•2 min•Ep. 142
"And where is Father?" he cried suddenly. He raninto the next room, and there stood Geppetto, grown yearsyounger overnight, spick and span in his new clothes andgay as a lark 19 in the morning. He was once more MastroGeppetto, the wood carver, hard at work on a lovelypicture frame, decorating it with flowers and leaves, andheads of animals. "Father, Father, what has happened? Tell me if you can,"cried Pinocchio, as he ran and jumped on his Father's neck. "This sudden change in our house is all y...
Oct 14, 2021•2 min•Ep. 141
What was his surprise and his joy when, on lookinghimself over, he saw that he was no longer a Marionette,but that he had become a real live boy! He looked allabout him and instead of the usual walls of straw,he found himself in a beautifully furnished little room,the prettiest he had ever seen. In a twinkling, he jumpeddown from his bed to look on the chair standing 16 near. There, he found a new suit, a new hat, and a pair of shoes. As soon as he was dressed, he put his hands in hispockets and...
Oct 11, 2021•2 min•Ep. 140
"My dear Pinocchio, the Fairy is lying ill in a hospital.""In a hospital?""Yes, indeed. She has been stricken with trouble and illness,and she hasn't a penny left with which to buy a bite of bread.""Really? Oh, how sorry I am! My poor, dear little Fairy! If I had a million I should run to her with it! But Ihave only fifty pennies. Here they are. I was just going tobuy some clothes. Here, take them, little Snail, and givethem to my good Fairy.""What about the new clothes?""What does that matter? ...
Oct 07, 2021•2 min•Ep. 139
With some of the money he had earned, he bought himselfa secondhand volume that had a few pages missing, andwith that he learned to read in a very short time. As far aswriting was concerned, he used a long stick at one end ofwhich he had whittled 11 a long, fine point. Ink he had none,so he used the juice of blackberries or cherries. Little by little his diligence was rewarded. Hesucceeded, not only in his studies, but also in his work, and aday came when he put enough money together to keep his...
Oct 04, 2021•2 min•Ep. 138
After looking at him a long time, he said to himself: "I know that Donkey! I have seen him before."And bending low over him, he asked: "Who are you?"At this question, the Donkey opened weary, dying eyesand answered in the same tongue: "I am Lamp-Wick."Then he closed his eyes and died. "Oh, my poor Lamp-Wick," said Pinocchio in a faint voice,as he wiped his eyes with some straw he had picked up from the ground. "Do you feel so sorry for a little donkey that has cost you nothing?"said the Farmer. ...
Sep 30, 2021•2 min•Ep. 137
After he had cried a long time, he wiped his eyes andthen he made a bed of straw for old Geppetto. He laid himon it and said to the Talking Cricket: "Tell me, little Cricket, where shall I find a glass of milkfor my poor Father?""Three fields away from here lives Farmer John. He hassome cows. Go there and he will give you what you want."Pinocchio ran all the way to Farmer John's house. TheFarmer said to him: "How much milk do you want?""I want a full glass.""A full glass costs a penny. First giv...
Sep 27, 2021•2 min•Ep. 136
Pinocchio turned the key and the door opened. As soonas they went in, they looked here and there and everywherebut saw no one. "Oh--ho, where is the owner of the hut?" cried Pinocchio,very much surprised. "Here I am, up here!"Father and son looked up to the ceiling, and there on abeam 8 sat the Talking Cricket. "Oh, my dear Cricket," said Pinocchio, bowing politely. "Oh, now you call me your dear Cricket, but do youremember when you threw your hammer at me to kill me?""You are right, dear Cricke...
Sep 23, 2021•2 min•Ep. 135
It was the Fox and the Cat, but one could hardly recognizethem, they looked so miserable 6 . The Cat, after pretendingto be blind for so many years had really lost the sightof both eyes. And the Fox, old, thin, and almost hairless,had even lost his tail. That sly thief had fallen intodeepest poverty, and one day he had been forced to sell hisbeautiful tail for a bite to eat. "Oh, Pinocchio," he cried in a tearful voice. "Give ussome alms, we beg of you! We are old, tired, and sick.""Sick!" repea...
Sep 20, 2021•2 min•Ep. 134
"Are we too heavy?" asked Pinocchio. "Heavy? Not in the least. You are as light as sea-shells,"answered the Tunny, who was as large as a two-year-old horse. As soon as they reached the shore, Pinocchio was thefirst to jump to the ground to help his old father. Then he turned to the fish and said to him: "Dear friend, you have saved my father, and I have notenough words with which to thank you! Allow me toembrace you as a sign of my eternal gratitude 5 ."The Tunny stuck his nose out of the water ...
Sep 16, 2021•2 min•Ep. 133
Pinocchio finally ceases to bea Marionette 1 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."Without another word, he swam swiftly away in aneffort to reach land as soon as possible. All at once henoticed that Geppetto was shivering and shaking as if witha high fever. Was he shivering from fear or from cold? Who knows? Perhaps a little of both. But Pinocchio, thinking his fatherwas frightened, tried to comfor...
Sep 13, 2021•3 min•Ep. 132
There they had to walk on tiptoes, for if they tickled 16 theShark's long tongue he might awaken--and where wouldthey be then? The tongue was so wide and so long thatit looked like a country road. The two fugitives 17 were justabout to dive into the sea when the Shark sneezed verysuddenly and, as he sneezed, he gave Pinocchio andGeppetto such a jolt 18 that they found themselves thrown ontheir backs and dashed once more and very unceremoniouslyinto the stomach of the monster. To make matters wor...
Sep 09, 2021•2 min•Ep. 131
"At one gulp 9 . The only thing he spat 10 out was the main-mast, for it stuck in his teeth. To my own good luck, thatship was loaded with meat, preserved foods, crackers,bread, bottles of wine, raisins 11 , cheese, coffee, sugar, waxcandles, and boxes of matches. With all these blessings 12 , Ihave been able to live happily on for two whole years, butnow I am at the very last crumbs 13 . Today there is nothingleft in the cupboard, and this candle you see here is thelast one I have.""And then?""...
Sep 06, 2021•3 min•Ep. 130
It grew and it grew, till I couldn't get it through thedoor of the room. And then I went with the Fox and theCat to the Field of Wonders to bury the gold pieces. TheParrot laughed at me and, instead of two thousand goldpieces, I found none. When the Judge heard I had beenrobbed, he sent me to jail to make the thieves happy; andwhen I came away I saw a fine bunch of grapes hanging ona vine. The trap caught me and the Farmer put a collar onme and made me a watchdog. He found out I was innocentwhen...
Sep 02, 2021•3 min•Ep. 129
Now I shall never, never leave you again!""Are my eyes really telling me the truth?" answeredthe old man, rubbing his eyes. "Are you really my owndear Pinocchio?""Yes, yes, yes! It is I! Look at me! And you haveforgiven me, haven't you? Oh, my dear Father, howgood you are! And to think that I--Oh, but if youonly knew how many misfortunes have fallen on my headand how many troubles I have had! Just think that onthe day you sold your old coat to buy me my A-B-Cbook so that I could go to school, I ...
Aug 30, 2021•2 min•Ep. 128
In the Shark's body Pinocchio finds whom? Read this chapter, my children, and you will knowPinocchio, as soon as he had said good-by to his goodfriend, the Tunny, tottered 1 away in the darkness andbegan to walk as well as he could toward the faint lightwhich glowed in the distance. As he walked his feet splashed in a pool of greasy 2 andslippery water, which had such a heavy smell of fish friedin oil that Pinocchio thought it was Lent. The farther on he went, the brighter and clearer grewthe ti...
Aug 26, 2021•2 min•Ep. 127
"Who is talking?" asked Pinocchio, frozen with terror. "It is I, a poor Tunny swallowed by the Shark at thesame time as you. And what kind of a fish are you?""I have nothing to do with fishes. I am a Marionette.""If you are not a fish, why did you let this monster swallow you?""I didn't let him. He chased me and swallowed mewithout even a `by your leave'! And now what are weto do here in the dark?""Wait until the Shark has digested us both, I suppose.""But I don't want to be digested," shouted P...
Aug 23, 2021•2 min•Ep. 126
He came close to the rock. The Goat leaned over and gave him oneof her hoofs 22 to help him up out of the water. Alas! It was too late. The monster overtook him andthe Marionette found himself in between the rows ofgleaming white teeth. Only for a moment, however,for the Shark took a deep breath and, as he breathed,he drank in the Marionette as easily as he would havesucked an egg. Then he swallowed him so fast that Pinocchio,falling down into the body of the fish, lay stunned 23 for a half hour...
Aug 19, 2021•2 min•Ep. 125
Pinocchio's heart beat fast, and then faster and faster. He redoubled his efforts and swam as hard as he couldtoward the white rock. He was almost halfway 19 over,when suddenly a horrible sea monster stuck its head outof the water, an enormous head with a huge mouth, wideopen, showing three rows of gleaming teeth, the meresight of which would have filled you with fear. Do you know what it was? That sea monster was no other than the enormous Shark,which has often been mentioned in this story and ...
Aug 16, 2021•2 min•Ep. 124
Do you know what I can do; I am going to take you to the marketonce more and sell you as dry firewood.""Very well, sell me. I am satisfied," said Pinocchio. But as he spoke 13 , he gave a quick leap and dived into thesea. Swimming away as fast as he could, he cried out, laughing: "Good-by, Master. If you ever need a skin for your drum, remember me."He swam on and on. After a while, he turned around againand called louder than before: "Good-by, Master. If you ever need a piece of good dry firewoo...
Aug 12, 2021•2 min•Ep. 123
After buying me, you brought me here to kill me. But feelingsorry for me, you tied a stone to my neck and threw meto the bottom of the sea. That was very good and kindof you to want me to suffer as little as possibleand I shall remember you always. And now my Fairywill take care of me, even if you--""Your Fairy? Who is she?""She is my mother, and, like all other mothers wholove their children, she never loses sight of me, eventhough I do not deserve it. And today this good Fairyof mine, as soon ...
Aug 09, 2021•3 min•Ep. 122
