PINOCCHIO - A Boy Made of Wood - Classic Collection

Oct 13, 2026

An adapted retelling of Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio follows Geppetto, a lonely woodcarver who builds a puppet from a special piece of wood and names it Pinocchio. The story turns magical and comic as Pinocchio’s nose grows uncontrollably and he runs away, drawing police attention and punishment. At home, a Talking Cricket warns him that disobedience brings unhappiness, but Pinocchio refuses, becomes hungry, then returns repentant to receive pears and the start of schooling with an ABC book.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

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Pages56

Reading Time1 h 26 min

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A Boy Made of Wood

The Talking Cricket

# CLASSIC COLLECTIONPINOCCHIOCARLO COLLODI https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781848359963_vOp0 PINOCCHIO CARLO COLLODI Adapted by Ronne Randal1·Illustrated by Claudia Venturini QED Publishing # A Boy Made of Wood Uhave a son.One day,his friend Antonio gave himGeppetto was a lonely old woodcarver who longed toa very special piece of wood,and Geppetto decided hewould make a puppet out of it. "It will be a wonderful puppet,"he told Antonio,"onethat can dance,fence,turn somersaults...almost like areal boy!” Geppetto started carving the wood."I will callthispuppet Pinocchio,"he told himself.“I once knew a mancalled Pinocchio,and he was very lucky.This puppet willbring me good luck and be like a real son.” As soon as he had carved Pinocchio's head,the nosebegan to grow!The more Geppetto tried to shorten it,the longer it grew!And to his surprise,when he carvedPinocchio's mouth,the puppet laughed at him. Geppetto managed to carve Pinocchio's body andarms,and then his legs.But as soon as Geppetto hadcarved his feet,Pinocchio kicked him and ran outside! Geppetto ran after Pinocchio."Catch him!Catchhim!"he shouted to the people in the street. “No!"cried Pinocchio."Please save me from that cruelman!"And he ran faster. A policeman nearby heard the shouting,andwhen he saw Pinocchio running away from theold man,he grabbed Geppetto. "Being cruel to a helpless puppet,are you?"hesaid,and he took Geppetto straight to prison! # The Talking Cricket Dinocchio ran back home,closed the door and I breathed a sigh of relief.Suddenly,a strange chirpingnoise made him turn around:“Crick-crick.Crick-crick!” "Who's there?"Pinocchio asked,frightened. "It's me,the Talking Cricket." Pinocchio saw a big green cricket climbing up thewall."What do you want,you ugly bug?"he asked. "I want to help you,"the Cricket said kindly,"bytelling you something very important:children whodisobey their parents and run away will never be happy.Happy children go to school and study,or learn a tradeso they can make their way in the world.” "I don't care!"Pinocchio shouted."I don’t want to goto school,or work,or do anything except eat and drinkand play.And that's exactly what I will do!” "You will be sorry,"said the Cricket. “And I think that youre the one who will be sorry!”said Pinocchio,picking up one of Geppetto's tools andrunning after the Cricket,who luckily managed toescape through an open window. Pinocchio lay down to rest,but he was too hungry tosleep.He got up and searched the house.There was not a single crumb to be found anywhere. "Maybe that Cricket was right,"thoughtPinocchio sadly.“If I hadn’t run away,Fatherwould be here now-and Iwouldn't be hungry.Poor me!” Pinocchio was so tired that he fell asleep.At dawn,heawoke to hear Geppetto coming in. "I’m sorry I ran away!"Pinocchio sobbed."I am sohungry,Father.I promise I will never be naughty again!" Geppetto had been angry with Pinocchio,but hearingthe puppet cry softened his heart.He took three fat,juicy pears out of his pocket and gave them to Pinocchio. “These were going to be my breakfast,"he said,"but Iam happy to give them to you.” Pinocchio gobbled up all three pears.Geppetto,ofcourse,had no breakfast at all. After his meal,Pinocchio was in a much better mood.When Geppetto told him that he would have to go toschool,just like a real boy,Pinocchio agreed. "Of course,I will need some clothes,Father,"he said,"and an ABC book." "Yes,you will,"said Geppetto.As he had no moneyhe made Pinocchio a suit of flowered paper,a hat madeof dough and little wooden shoes."You look like a realgentleman now!"he said proudly. Then Geppetto took his only coat and left the house.He came back shivering,wearing just his shirt. "Where is your coat,Father?"Pinocchio asked. "I sold it,"Geppetto replied,"to buy you this."And he held out a brand-new ABC book."Now you are ready for school!"he saidhappily,handing the book to Pinocchio.

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What does the Talking Cricket teach Pinocchio?

The Cricket tells him that children who disobey their parents and run away will never be happy. It says happy children go to school and study or learn a trade to make their way in the world.

Oct 13, 2026

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