Pinocchio

Pinocchio

There was once a poor old carpenter called Geppetto. One day, he began to carve a puppet out of a piece of wood. After he had carved the eyes and nose, he gave it a name Pinocchio. When he had completed carving the puppet, it, to his astonishment, began to speak. “Teach me to walk,” Pinocchio said.

Geppetto taught him how to put one leg in front of the other. Then the puppet ran out of

the door and down the street, shouting with joy. Geppetto chased him and called him to stop, but Pinocchio ran over to a crowd of people and began to cry pitifully. The people thought the old carpenter must have been cruel to poor Pinocchio, so they took the old man to the police station. Geppetto regretted having carved Pinocchio.

Pinocchio thought no more of it, but went home and fell asleep in front of the fire. His feet began to burn in the flames, and when Geppetto returned and banged on the door, Pinocchio found that he could not get up because he had no feet. Geppetto forced open the door and Pinocchio cried, “Make me a new pair of feet and I shall be a good son. I shall go to school and learn a trade and look after you.”

Geppetto made him a new pair of feet because of his fatherly love for Pinocchio. But he was not sure if Pinocchio would keep his promises.