Pinocchio Story
Pinocchio Story
Pinocchio Story
That night, the same big star swooshed right into Geppetto’s room.
It changed into a Blue Fairy! The Blue Fairy flew over to the bed.
“Little wood puppet,” said the Blue Fairy. “In the morning, you will
be able to walk and talk like a real boy.” She tapped the puppet one
time with her wand. “And if you can prove that you are brave and
true, someday you will be a real boy.”
Pinocchio’s eyes opened.
“One more thing,” said the Blue Fairy. Suddenly. a cricket appeared.
He was dressed mighty fine -and could talk! “Meet the Cricket", said
the Blue Fairy. He will stay with you to help you make wise choices.”
And with that, the Blue Fairy went swoosh and was gone! Out of the
window and up into the night sky.
When Geppetto woke up the next morning, he said, “I will go take
my puppet out of bed.” But the bed was empty!
“Here I am, Father!” said Pinocchio from the other side of the room.
Geppetto swung around. “What? You can talk?”
“Here I am, Father!”
Off to School
One day Pinocchio said, “I want to go to school, like other boys.”
“Of course,” said Geppetto. But he did not have the money to buy
schoolbooks.
Later that day, Geppetto came back home with schoolbooks. “Now
you can go to school,” he said.
“But Father,” said Pinocchio, “where is your warm coat?”
With a wave of his hand Geppetto said, “No need to worry about
that. What matters is that you will go to school tomorrow!” He did
not want Pinocchio to know he had traded his warm coat to buy the
schoolbooks.
The next morning, Pinocchio said good-bye to Geppetto. He skipped
along the path to school, humming as he went. The Cricket rode on
his shoulder, happy, too.
Coming up to them on the path was a Fox and a Cat.
“And where are you going on this fine day?” said the Fox.
“I am going to school!” said Pinocchio.
“On such a fine day as this?” said the Fox. “It is too nice to be stuck
inside school! You should come with us, to the fair.”
“Listen to me,” said the Fox. He put his arm around Pinocchio’s
shoulder. “Anything you need to know, you can learn at the fair.”
“Really?” said Pinocchio.
“Take it from me,” said the Fox.
“Pinocchio!" said the Cricket. "He does not know what he is talking
about!”
The Fox covered the Cricket with his hat. No one could hear the
little fellow as the Cricket tried to call out, “Pinocchio, do not listen
to him!”
“Okay!” said Pinocchio. "Let's go to the fair!" And off they went.
The Fair
What a fair it was! By the gate was a man dressed in white. He
called out, “Come in, come in! Right this way! Get your tickets
here!”
With a sad look Pinocchio said to the Fox and Cat, “I do not have
any tickets.”
A man was selling old things at a table near the gate. He called,
“Hey, you! Sell me those new schoolbooks of yours! That is how you
can get money for tickets.”
The fair was so bright and colorful and exciting, that the next thing
Pinocchio knew he had sold his schoolbooks for tickets.
“No, Pinocchio, stop!” called the Cricket, who finally got out from
under the Fox’s hat. But Pinocchio, the Fox and the Cat did not hear
him. They were already inside the fair.
“Tell me something first,” said the Blue Fairy. “How did you
get inside that cage?”
The Coachman
Pinocchio was back on the road to school. A Coachman drove up.
“Hey kid, how about a ride?”
“No, thank you,” said Pinocchio. “I am going to school.”
“You will ride faster with me,” said the Coachman to Pinocchio. He
said to himself, “He will ride faster all right, but not to where he
thinks he is going!”
"Alright," said Pinocchio. "I want to get to school right away!"
When Pinocchio was inside the coach, the Coachman said, “Say kid,
why do you think boys like you go to school?”
“To learn things,” said Pinocchio. “And to grow up, I guess. So we
can do what we want.”
“Well,” said the Coachman, “what if I told you that could do what
you wanted, right now?”
“Right now?”
“Yep! Think of it. Skip the books. Skip the school. Right now, how
would you like to have all the candy you can eat!"
"All the candy?"
"Yep. Ice cream, too. Of every flavor. Ever want to smoke a cigar or
play pool? All this and more, at Pleasure Island.”
“Pleasure Island?”
“Best place in the world for boys like you!”
“Don’t listen to him, Pinocchio!” shouted the Cricket.
“Why wait?” said the Coachman. “I know just where Pleasure Island
is. This is your lucky day, kid. So what do you say?”
“Let’s go there!” said Pinocchio. “I’m going to Pleasure Island!”
“Augh!” said the Cricket, waving his arms in the air.
Pleasure Island
After a while, the coach stopped. “You got a boy with you in that
coach?” said a dark stranger to the Coachman.
“Yep.” The Coachman grabbed Pinocchio and threw him down onto
the ground. “He’s all yours. Now pay up.”
The Coachman reached out for something (was it money?) from the
dark stranger. Then the Coachman drove off.
What could it all mean? But as Pinocchio looked around, he no
longer cared. For everything the Coachman had told him was true!
Heaps of candy all about. Tubs of ice cream in every flavor. Boys
like him could eat and eat, and play all day. None of them had to
work or clean up. There were even cigars if you wanted one, and
pool tables to play.
But after a few days, something was odd. “Where did all the boys
go?” he asked the Cricket.
The Whale
Most of Pinocchio was still made of wood, so he could float on the
ocean. “Father!” he called out, paddling the water with his arms.
“Father!” but there was no answer.
All Pinocchio could see around him was blue water, everywhere.
Until – what was that, far away? Something was rushing up.
Something big, and very fast!
In a moment, a giant whale was upon them. It opened its giant jaws
and with one gulp, swallowed Pinocchio! Rushing inside with all the
sea water tumbled Pinocchio and the Cricket. When they came to a
stop, they saw that they were in the dark belly of the whale.
“Are you okay?” said Pinocchio to the Cricket.
“I am fine,” said a voice of an old man.
“Wait a minute,” said Pinocchio. “Father, is that you?”
There was Geppetto!
“Father, Father, it’s me!” said Pinocchio.
“My son!” said Geppetto. “I thought I was dreaming!”
They hugged in joy.
“Look!” said Geppetto as three fish swam by. “There goes our
dinner!”
“Father, I have an idea! Let’s make a fire.”
“Grilled fish tonight!” said Geppetto.
“No, I mean for us to get out!” said Pinocchio. He gathered
driftwood and got a flame going. “This is how we can make the
whale sneeze!” he said. Pinocchio waved his arms over the flame to
make a lot of smoke. Soon, clouds of black smoke were rising up.
The whale gave a cough. “Hang on!” said Pinocchio. And then…
WHAM!! In one big sneeze, Pinocchio, Geppetto and the Cricket
flew out of the whale’s mouth. Rolling over and over in the sea
water, at last they rolled up onto the shore.
“Pinocchio?” Geppetto rose to his feet. The Cricket was there beside
him. But where was Pinocchio?
And then they found him! Pinocchio was face down, his head in a
puddle.
“Pinocchio!”
They were too late. Geppetto and the Cricket wept over Pinocchio,
the boy puppet, who lay still in the water.
Then in a flash, who was there but the Blue Fairy!
“Pinocchio,” she said. “You saved your father. You proved that you
are both brave and true.” She tapped his head with her wand. “And
now you will be a real boy.”
Pinocchio woke up. He looked at his soft arms and soft legs.
“Father!” he cried out. “Look! I am a real boy!”
“That you are!” cried Geppetto.
The Blue Fairy turned to the Cricket. “Come,” she said. In a flash,
the two of them were gone.
And Pinocchio and Geppetto lived many long and happy years
together.