“He will be my boy”, said Geppetto, an old, lonely and quiet man. “His name will be
Pinocchio”. Standing in his workshop in a small village in Italy, Geppetto created Pinocchio out of wood.
Pinocchio loved to walk around the village Pinocchio, a small little boy made out of wood and Geppetto trusted him to run errands. was more than just a puppet. He was alive! However, Geppetto realized that Pinocchio Geppetto was thrilled. He and Pinocchio loved was not an honest puppet. to spend time together. Once Pinocchio began to tell the truth, his When Pinocchio would grow. nose slowly wentlied, backhisto nose the normal size. He With eachembarrassed lie that he told, his nosethat grew felt very and learned if he larger it was very wanteduntil Geppetto’s trust,long. that he should tell
Geppetto was relieved to see Pinocchio’s
nose return to normal size and was confident that Pinocchio had learned an important lesson.
Geppetto and Pinocchio lived a happy, truthful