Pinocchio

Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.This edition of Pinocchio includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Elizabeth Engstrom.Once there was a lonely woodcutter named Geppetto-who dreamed of having a boy of his own. So one day he carved a boy out of wood and named him Pinocchio.When the puppet comes to life, it's Geppetto's dream come true.Except Pinocchio turns out to be not such a nice boy after all. Pinocchio enjoys nothing better than creating mischief and playing mean tricks. As he discovers, being bad is much more fun than being good. For a while, anyway.Happily for Pinocchio, he will learn that there is much more to being a real boy than having fun.A magical tale that has entertained children of all ages for more than a hundred years, this lavishly and gorgeously illustrated new edition is the perfect introduction of a timeless classic to a new generation of readers.And that's no lie! --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

1 How it came to pass that Master Cherry the carpenter found a piece of wood that laughed and cried like a child.
2 Master Cherry makes a present of the piece of wood to his friend Geppetto, who takes it to make for himself a wonderful puppet, that shall know how to dance, and to fence, and to leap like an acrobat.
3 Geppetto having returned home begins at once to make a puppet, to which he gives the name of Pinocchio.The first tricks played by the puppet.
4 The story of Pinocchio and the Talking-cricket, from which we see that naughty boys cannot endure to be corrected by those who know more than they do.
5 Pinocchio is hungry and searches for an egg to make himself an omelette; but just at the most interesting moment the omelette flies out of the window.
6 Pinocchio falls asleep with his fiet on the brazier, and wakes in the morning to find them burnt off.
7 Geppetto returns home, makes the puppet now feet, and gives him the breakfast that the poor man had brought fir himself.
8 Geppetto makes Pinocchio new fiet, and sells his own coat to buy him a spelling-book.
9 Pinocchio sells his spelling-book that he may go and see a puppet-show.
10 The puppets recognise their brother Pinocchio, and receive him with delight; but at that moment their master,Fire-eater, makes his appearance and Pinocchio is in danger of coming to a bad end.
11 Fire-eater sneezes and pardons Pinocchio, who then saves the lift of his friend Harlequin.
12 The showman, Fire-eater, makes Pinocchio a present of five gold pieces to take home to his father, Geppetto;but Pinocchio instead allows himself to be taken in by the Fox and the Cat, and goes with them.
13 The Inn of the Red Crawfish.
14 Pinocchio, because he would not heed the good counsels of the Talking-cricket, falls amongst assassins.
15 The assassins pursue Pinocchio; and having over- taken him hang him to a branch of the Big Oak.
16 The beautiful Child with blue hair has the puppet taken down: has him put to bed and calls in three doctors to know if he is alive or dead.
17 Pinocchio eats the sugar, but will not take his medicine:when, however, he sees the grave-diggers, who have arrived to carry him away, he takes it. He then tells a lie, and as a punishment his nose grows longer.
18 Pinocchio meets again the Fox and the Cat, and goes with them to bury his money in the Field of Miracles.
19 Pinocchio is robbed of his money, and as a punishment he is sent to prison for four months.
20 Liberated from prison, he starts to return to the Fairy's house; but on the road he meets with a horrible Serpent,and afterwards he is caught in a trap.
21 Pinocchio is taken by a peasant, who obliges him to fill the place of his watch-dog in the poultry-yard.
22 Pinocchio discovers the robbers, and as a reward for his fidelity is set at liberty.
23 Pinocchio mourns the death of the beautiful Child with the blue hair. He then meets with a Pigeon who flies with him to the seashore, and there he throws himself into the water to go to the assistance of his father Geppetto.
24 Pinocchio arrives at the island of the 'Industrious Bees',and finds the Fairy again.
25 Pinocchio promises the Fairy to be good and studious,for he is quite sick of being a puppet and wishes to become an exemplary boy.
26 Pinocchio accompanies his schoolfellows to the seashore to see the terrible Dogfish.
27 Great fight between Pinocchio and his companions. One of them is wounded, and Pinocchio is arrested by the gendarmes.
28 Pinocchio is in danger of being fried in a frying-pan like a fish.
29 He returns to the Fairy's house. She promises him that the following day he shall cease to be a puppet and shall become a boy. Grand breakfast of coffee and milk to celebrate this great event.
30 Pinocchio, instead.of becoming a boy, starts secretly with his friend Candlewick for the 'Land of Boobies'.
31 After five months' residence in the land of Cocagne, Pinocchio,to his great astonishment, grows a beautiful pair of donkey's ears, and he becomes a little donkey, tail and all.
32 Pinocchio gets donkey's ears; and then he becomes a real little donkey and begins to bray.
33 Pinocchio having become a genuine little donkey, is taken to be sold, and is bought by the director of a company of buffoons to be taught to dance, and to jump through hoops: but one
evening he lames himself, and then he is bought by a man who purposes to make a drum of his skin.
34 Pinocchio, having been thrown into the sea, is eaten by the fish and becomes a puppet as he was before, Wbilst he is swimming away to save his life he is swallowed by the terrible Dogfish.
35 Pinocchio finds in the body of the Dogfish... whom does he find? Read this chapter and you will know.
36 Pinocchio at last ceases to be a puppet and becomes a boy.