PINOCCHIO

CHAPTER 1: How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child. CHAPTER 2: Mastro Cherry gives the piece of wood to his friend Geppetto, who takes it to make himself a Marionette that will dance, fence, and turn somersaults. CHAPTER 3: As soon as he gets home, Geppetto fashions the Marionette and calls it Pinocchio. CHAPTER 4: The story of Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, in which one sees that bad children do not like to be corrected by those who know more than they do. CHAPTER 5: Pinocchio is hungry and looks for an egg to cook himself an omelet; but, to his surprise, the omelet flies out of the window. CHAPTER 6: Pinocchio falls asleep with his feet on a foot warmer, and awakens the next day with his feet all burned off. CHAPTER 7: Geppetto returns home and gives his own breakfast to the Marionette. CHAPTER 8: Geppetto makes Pinocchio a new pair of feet, and sells his coat to buy him an A-B-C book. CHAPTER 9: Pinocchio sells his A-B-C book to pay his way into the Marionette Theater. CHAPTER 10: The Marionettes recognize their brother Pinocchio and greet him with loud cheers. CHAPTER 11: Fire Eater sneezes and forgives Pinocchio, who saves his friend, Harlequin, from death. CHAPTER 12: Fire Eater gives Pinocchio five gold pieces for his father, Geppetto; but the Marionette meets a Fox and a Cat and follows them. CHAPTER 13: The Inn of the Red Lobster. CHAPTER 14: Pinocchio, not having listened to the good advice of the Talking Cricket, falls into the hands of the Assassins. CHAPTER 15: The Assassins chase Pinocchio, catch him, and hang him to the branch of a giant oak tree. CHAPTER 16: The Lovely Maiden with Azure Hair sends for the poor Marionette, puts him to bed, and calls three Doctors to tell her if Pinocchio is dead or alive. CHAPTER 17: Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine. When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better. CHAPTER 18: Pinocchio finds the Fox and the Cat again and goes with them to sow the gold pieces in the Field of Wonders. CHAPTER 19: Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison. CHAPTER 20: 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. CHAPTER 21: Pinocchio is caught by a Farmer, who uses him as a watchdog for his chicken coop. CHAPTER 22: Pinocchio discovers the thieves and, as a reward for faithfulness, he regains his liberty. CHAPTER 23: Pinocchio weeps upon learning that the Lovely Maiden with Azure Hair is dead. CHAPTER 24: Pinocchio reaches the Island of the Busy Bees and finds the Fairy once more. CHAPTER 25: Pinocchio promises the Fairy to be good and to study, as he is growing tired of being a Marionette, and wishes to become a real boy. CHAPTER 26: Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark. CHAPTER 27: The great battle between Pinocchio and his playmates. CHAPTER 28: Pinocchio runs the danger of being fried in a pan like a fish. CHAPTER 29: Pinocchio returns to the Fairy’s house and she promises him that, on the morrow, he will cease to be a Marionette and become a boy. CHAPTER 30: Pinocchio, instead of becoming a boy, runs away to the Land of Toys with his friend, Lamp-Wick. CHAPTER 31: After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him. CHAPTER 32: Pinocchio’s ears become like those of a Donkey. CHAPTER 33: Pinocchio, having become a Donkey, is bought by the owner of a Circus, who wants to teach him to do tricks. CHAPTER 34: Pinocchio is thrown into the sea, eaten by fishes, and becomes a Marionette once more. CHAPTER 35: In the Shark’s body Pinocchio finds whom? Read this chapter, my children, and you will know. CHAPTER 36: Pinocchio finally ceases to be a Marionette and becomes a boy.