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Title: Pinocchio
The Tale of a Puppet

Author: C. Collodi

Illustrator: Alice Carsey

Release Date: October 13, 2005 [EBook #16865]

Language: English

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PINOCCHIO

THE TALE OF A
PUPPET

By C COLLODI

[Illustration: "HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO GO IN?"]

[Illustration]

PINOCCHIO

THE TALE OF A
PUPPET

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.

Transcriber's Note:

The untitled illustration on page 26 was not listed in the List of
Illustrations of the source book.

In several cases, missing punctuation was added or wrong punctuation
removed.

The following typos were fixed:
thouand to thousand
Harelquin to Harlequin
pretrified to petrified

CONTENTS

Chap. Page
I THE PIECE OF WOOD THAT LAUGHED AND CRIED LIKE A CHILD 9
II MASTER CHERRY GIVES THE WOOD AWAY 12
III GEPPETTO NAMES HIS PUPPET PINOCCHIO 16
IV THE TALKING-CRICKET SCOLDS PINOCCHIO 23
V THE FLYING EGG 26
VI PINOCCHIO'S FEET BURN TO CINDERS 29
VII GEPPETTO GIVES HIS OWN BREAKFAST TO PINOCCHIO 31
VIII GEPPETTO MAKES PINOCCHIO NEW FEET 35
IX PINOCCHIO GOES TO SEE A PUPPET-SHOW 39
X THE PUPPETS RECOGNIZE THEIR BROTHER PINOCCHIO 42
XI FIRE-EATER SNEEZES AND PARDONS PINOCCHIO 45
XII PINOCCHIO RECEIVES A PRESENT OF FIVE GOLD PIECES 49
XIII THE INN OF THE RED CRAW-FISH 57
XIV PINOCCHIO FALLS AMONG ASSASSINS 61