![]() The puppet master sees that Pinocchio is speaking the truth. I gave you my only coin, and now I can’t buy a school book. I promised my father, Geppetto, that I would go to school, but I came here instead. I’ll teach you a lesson! I’m going to use you for firewood!” “Oh, please, sir,” says Pinocchio, suddenly crying. Seeing the show stop, the man with the top hat grabs Pinocchio by the arm. The other puppets embrace him as if meeting a long-lost friend. “Come join us on stage!” Eager to make friends, Pinocchio leaps over the seat in front of him, hops off the orchestra leader’s head, and lands on the stage. “Look! There’s a puppet in the audience!” they shout. The clacking sound of his wooden hands attracts the attention of all the performers. Pinocchio takes a seat as the lights dim, and the audience prepares for the show.īang! A spotlight hits the stage, and ten puppets drop from the ceiling and begin to dance. Pinocchio forgets his promise to Geppetto and runs to the tent and gives the man his coin. “Puppet show today! Admission is only one coin!” shouts a man in a top hat. Soon he sees a bright red tent with green flags. Curious, Pinocchio steps off the road and walks toward the music. As he walks, he hears silly music playing dee-dee-deedle-dee, zum-de-dum-dum-dum. He skips along imagining all the things he will learn at school. Pinocchio sets off for the store immediately. Go to the store and buy a book for school.” “I have saved this coin for a long time,” he says with a smile. Geppetto goes to his workbench and pulls a shiny coin from beneath a pile of rusty nails. Pinocchio models the suit in front of a mirror. He makes Pinocchio a suit out of colored paper, a pair of shoes from tree bark, and a pointed hat out of woven reeds. Pinocchio’s eyes become wide, and he nods his head up and down “If you promise to be good, Pinocchio,” says Geppetto, “I’ll make you a suit of clothes like a real boy.” An out-of-breath Geppetto appears and takes the naughty puppet home. “Don’t you know that if you run around like an animal, you will grow up to be a donkey, and everyone will make fun of you? How would you like that?” Pinocchio does not believe the policeman. “That is very foolish,” says the policeman. “I don’t want to go to school,” replies Pinocchio, speaking his first words. “Where are you going in such a hurry?” asks the angry policeman. A policeman in the square sees the puppet dashing toward him, and, with an easy gesture, the policeman grabs Pinocchio by the nose and plucks him from the road. Geppetto tries to catch the puppet, but the old man lags behind. The unruly Pinocchio does not listen and runs toward the town square. As quick as a flash, Pinocchio darts out the door! “Come back, Pinocchio!” cries Geppetto. Pinocchio walks faster and faster and faster.
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