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Once upon a
time, there lived an old carpenter named Geppeto. One day, he carved a puppet
in the shape of a little boy and named him Pinnochio. “How I wish this boy was
real!” he said longingly. A kind fairy who was passing by heard Gepato’s words.
That night, she sprinkled some magic dust on the puppet and brought Pinnochio
to life. “But remember” she told the
boy, “if you want to be a real boy, you must always be good and make your
father, Gepato, proud.” Geppeto loved pinnochio dearly. He bought books for
Pinnochio and sent him to school so that he would become a very clever boy. But
Pinnochio was quite Naughty. He and his friends used to skip school to play and
have fun all the time. When Geppato found out, he was very angry. “Did you miss
school” he asked. Naughty Pinnochio refused to tell the truth. “No father, I
was in school all day!” he lied. Immediately, his wooden nose started to grow
long!. “Are you telling a lie?” Geppeto asked with a frown. “No father!” he
replied and his nose grew longer again In fact, every time Pinnochio told a
lie, his nose became longer and longer. Every time, Geppeto’s friend, the wood
pecker had to peck the boy’s nose to its actual size. And every time, Pinnochio
used to promise to be a good boy next time. But Pinnochio soon forgot his
promises. He thought, “School is no fun at all. I Don’t want to study anymore.
I want to have grand adventures!” So, Pinnochio and his friends ran away from
home and joined a circus. However, Pinnochio soon realized that circus life was
not fun at all. He worked all day and he missed Geppeto terribly. Plus, because
he had stopped going to school, he had grown to large donkey ears. Poor
Pinnochio! Then one day, he heard terrible news. Geppeto, who had been
searching everywhere for his son, had been swallowed up by a huge whale!
Immediately, Pinnochio set off to try to save this father Finally, Pinnochio
found the whale. But as soon as the whale saw him. It swallowed him up as well!
Inside the whale’s belly, who do you think he saw? It was Geppeto! How happy
they were to see each other! “I have a plan to get out.” Said Pinnochio, and
began tickling the whale’s stomach. As soon as the whale opened its mouth and
gave a big sneeze, Pinnochio and Geppeto shot out! Pinnochio and Geppeto
finally reached home safely. The fairy was so pleased with Pinnochio’s bravery
that she decided to make him into a real flesh and blood boy. From that day, he
was a very good boy who never missed school again, and the father and son lived
happily ever after.
