Pinocchio's Adventures

Author: (Italian) Collodi, translated by Ren Rongrong
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Publish Date: 1998-05-01
Features: An old man named Geppetto has no children. He carves a wooden puppet and names him Pinocchio. Although Pinocchio always wants to be a good boy, he struggles to change his bad habits. He skips school, lies, and makes bad friends. He gets tricked several times but doesn’t learn his lesson. Later, a fairy with sky-blue hair teaches him. Whenever he lies, his nose grows longer. After lying three times, his nose grows so long that he can’t even turn around in the house. This is when Pinocchio begins to realize his mistakes, but he still can’t resist the temptation of bad boys and follows them to the "Land of Fun." A few months later, a pair of donkey ears grow on Pinocchio’s head, and soon after, he turns into a full-fledged donkey and is sold to a circus troupe. Soon, Pinocchio breaks his leg during a performance and is sold by the circus owner to a merchant to be skinned for drumheads. In the nick of time, the fairy saves him. Pinocchio decides to reform and, eventually, becomes a real, flesh-and-blood boy.