Pinocchio : The Story of a Puppet

by Carlo CollodiIllustrated by Iassen Ghiuselev

• ISBN13: 9780968876800
• ISBN10: 0968876803
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2002-02-18
• Publisher: Simply Read Books

Summary

Exciting tale about the naughty puppet that turns into a loving and obedient little boy after a series of harrowing experiences. 30 new illustrations. Abridged.

Table of Contents

What happened when Maestro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child	5	(2)
Maestro Cherry gives the piece of wood to his friend Geppetto, who uses it to make himself a puppet that will dance, fence, and turn somersaults	7	(3)
Geppetto goes home and begins immediately to make the puppet and names him Pinocchio. The first pranks of the puppet	10	(5)
The story of Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket which tells how bad children do not like to be corrected by those who know more than they do	15	(3)
Pinocchio is hungry and looks for an egg to cook an omelet but, to his surprise, the omelet flies out of the window	18	(2)
Pinocchio falls asleep with his feet on a brazier, and awakens the next day with his feet all burned off	20	(3)
Geppetto returns home and gives his own breakfast to the puppet	23	(2)
Geppetto makes Pinocchio a new pair of feet, and sells his coat to buy him an ABC book	25	(2)
Pinocchio sells his ABC book to pay his way into the Puppet Theater	27	(2)
The puppets recognize their brother Pinocchio, and greet him with loud cheers, but the director, Fire Eater comes along and poor Pinocchio almost loses his life	29	(4)
Fire Eater sneezes and forgives Pinocchio, who saves his friend, Harlequin, from death	33	(3)
Fire Eater gives Pinocchio five gold coins for his father, Geppetto, but the puppet meets a Fox and a Cat and follows them	36	(4)
The Inn of the Red Lobster	40	(4)
Pinocchio does not listen to the good advice of the Talking Cricket and falls into the hands of the murderers	44	(3)
The murderers chase Pinocchio, catch him, and hang him to the branch of a giant oak tree	47	(3)
The Lovely Girl with Blue Hair sends for the poor puppet, puts him to bed, and calls three doctors to tell her if Pinocchio is dead or alive	50	(3)
Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine. When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better. Afterward he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer	53	(5)
Pinocchio finds the Fox and the Cat again, and goes with them to sow the gold coins in the Field of Wonders	58	(5)
Pinocchio is robbed of his gold coins and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison	63	(4)
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	67	(3)
Pinocchio is caught by a farmer who uses him as a watchdog for his chicken coop	70	(3)
Pinocchio discovers the thieves and, as a reward for faithfulness, he regains his liberty	73	(3)
Pinocchio weeps upon learning that the Lovely Girl with Blue Hair is dead. He meets a Pigeon, which carries him to the seashore. He throws himself into the sea to go to the aid of his father	76	(5)
Pinocchio reaches the Island of the Busy Bees and finds the Fairy once more	81	(5)
Pinocchio promises the Fairy to be good and to study, as he is growing tired of being a puppet, and wishes to become a real boy	86	(4)
Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark	90	(2)
The great battle between Pinocchio and his schoolmates. One is wounded. Pinocchio is arrested	92	(5)
Pinocchio runs the danger of being fried in a pan like a fish	97	(5)
Pinocchio returns to the Fairy's house and she promises him that the next day he will no longer be a puppet and will become a boy. A wonderful breakfast party of caffe-e-latte to celebrate the great event	102	(6)
Pinocchio, instead of becoming a boy, runs away to Play Land with his friend, Lampwick	108	(4)
After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise waiting for him	112	(7)
Pinocchio gets donkey ears. In a little while he changes into a real donkey and begins to bray	119	(5)
Pinocchio becomes a donkey and 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	124	(7)
Pinocchio is thrown into the sea, eaten by fishes, and becomes a puppet once more. As he swims to land the Terrible Shark swallows him	131	(5)
In the shark's belly, Pinocchio finds whom? Read this chapter and you will understand	136	(5)
Pinocchio finally ceases to be a puppet and becomes a boy	141