THE TALE OF A PUPPET
Reading edition
By C COLLODI
Illustrated By ALICE CARSEY
Whitman Publishing Co. RACINE, WISCONSIN
COPYRIGHT 1916 BY Whitman Publishing Co. RACINE, WISCONSIN PRINTED IN U.S.A.
CONTENTS
Chap.Page
IThe Piece of Wood That Laughed and Cried Like a Child9
IIMaster Cherry Gives the Wood Away12
IIIGeppetto Names His Puppet Pinocchio16
IVThe Talking-Cricket Scolds Pinocchio23
VThe Flying Egg26
VIPinocchio's Feet Burn to Cinders29
VIIGeppetto Gives His Own Breakfast to Pinocchio31
VIIIGeppetto Makes Pinocchio New Feet35
IXPinocchio Goes To See a Puppet-Show39
XThe Puppets Recognize Their Brother Pinocchio42
XIFire-Eater Sneezes and Pardons Pinocchio45
XIIPinocchio Receives a Present of Five Gold Pieces49
XIIIThe Inn of the Red Craw-Fish57
XIVPinocchio Falls Among Assassins61
XVThe Assassins Hang Pinocchio to the Big Oak65
XVIThe Beautiful Child Rescues the Puppet71
XVIIPinocchio Will Not Take His Medicine75
XVIIIPinocchio Again Meets the Fox and the Cat81
XIXPinocchio Is Robbed of His Money87
XXPinocchio Starts Back to the Fairy's House91
XXIPinocchio Acts as Watch-dog94
XXIIPinocchio Discovers the Robbers97
XXIIIPinocchio Flies to the Seashore101
XXIVPinocchio Finds the Fairy Again109
XXVPinocchio Promises the Fairy To Be Good116
XXVIThe Terrible Dog-Fish120
XXVIIPinocchio Is Arrested by the Gendarmes126
XXVIIIPinocchio Escapes Being Fried Like a Fish133
XXIXHe Returns to the Fairy's House139
XXXThe "Land of Boobies"147
XXXIPinocchio Enjoys Five Months of Happiness153
XXXIIPinocchio Turns Into a Donkey160
XXXIIIPinocchio Is Trained for the Circus167
XXXIVPinocchio Is Swallowed by the Dog-Fish178
XXXVA Happy Surprise for Pinocchio186
XXXVIPinocchio at Last Ceases to Be a Puppet and Becomes a Boy194
LINE ILLUSTRATIONS
Decorative Title Page1
The Runaway Puppet9
Geppetto Carried Off His Fine Piece Of Wood12
He Set to Work to Cut Out His Puppet16
A Little Chicken Popped Out17
Pinocchio Threw His Hammer at the Talking-Cricket23
Untitled26
Poor Pinocchio's Feet Burn to Cinders29
Geppetto Makes His Puppet Some Clothes35
The Puppets Began to Dance Merrily45
Pinocchio Meets the Cat and the Fox49
Splash! Splash! They Fell Into the Ditch52
Dinner at The Red Craw-Fish Inn57
Pinocchio Escapes from his Assassins61
They Hung Pinocchio to the Big Oak Tree65
Four Rabbits as Black as Ink Entered69
The Falcon Saves Pinocchio71
Pinocchio Refuses to Take His Medicine75
Treacherous Companions81
The Judge Was a Big Ape87
Pinocchio Gets His Foot Caught in a Trap94
The New Watch-Dog97
Pinocchio's Wild Ride on the Pigeon's Back101
An Immense Serpent Stretched across the Road104
Pinocchio Braves the Sea to Save His Father109
"School Gives Me Pain All Over the Body"116
Pinocchio Starts Off Happily for School120
"Oh, I Am Sick of Being a Puppet!"121
The Boys Threw Their Books at Poor Pinocchio126
The Fisherman Put His Hand into the Net133
The Dog Seizes Pinocchio and Escapes139
"Here Is the Coach!" Shouted Candlewick147
They Arrive in the "Land of the Boobies"153
The Boys Are Turned into Donkeys160
The Little Donkeys Are Sold167
All His Friends Were Invited172
The Puppet Was Wriggling Like an Eel178
Swallowed by the Dog-Fish186
It Would Be More Comfortable on the Tunny's Back189
The Blind Cat and the Tailless Fox194
