Chapter XXXII How Pinocchio acquires donkey’s ears, and then turns into a real donkey and begins to bray.
Chapter XXXII How Pinocchio acquires donkey’s ears, and then turns into a real donkey and begins to bray.
- Carlo Collodi
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- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Note on the Text and Translation
- Select Bibliography
- Biography and Criticism
- General
- A Chronology of Carlo Collodi
- List of figures
- Chapter I How maestro Cherry, a carpenter, found apiece of wood which laughed and cried like a child.
- Chapter II How maestro Cherry gives the piece of wood to his friend, Old Joe, * who wants to make it into a wonderful puppet able to dance, fence and do somersaults.
- Chapter III How Old Joe, having reached home, begins at once to make the puppet and gives him the name Pinocchio. The puppet’s first pranks.
- Chapter IV The story of Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, which shows that naughty boys get bored with being corrected by those who know more than they do.
- Chapter V How Pinocchio gets hungry and looks for an egg to scramble; but how, when least expected, the scrambled egg flies away through the window. *
- Chapter VI How Pinocchio falls asleep with his feet on the hrazier, and the following morning wakes up to find his feet burnt to bits.
- Chapter VII How Old Joe comes home, and gives the puppet the breakfast that the poor man had brought for himself.
- Chapter VIII How Old Joe makes new feet for Pinocchio, and sells his own cape to buy him an alphabet book.
- Chapter IX How Pinocchio sells his alphabet book to go and see a puppet play.
- Chapter X How the puppets recognize Pinocchio as their brother, and make a great fuss of him; but how the puppeteer, Swallowfire, appears in the middle of it all and Pinocchio is in danger of coming to grief.
- Chapter XI How Swallowfire sneezes and forgives Pinocchio, who then saves his friend Harlequin from death.
- Chapter XII How the puppet-master, Swallowfire, gives five gold coins to Pinocchio to take to his papa, Old Joe; and how, instead, Pinocchio allows himself to be swindled by the Fox and the Cat and goes off with them.
- Chapter XIII At the Red Lobster Inn
- Chapter XIV How Pinocchio, because he has not heeded the good advice of the Talking Cricket, encounters the murderers.
- Chapter XV How the murderers follow Pinocchio, and having caught up with him, hang him on a branch of the Great Oak.
- Chapter XVI How the beautiful Little Girl with indigo hair has the puppet taken down, and puts him to bed, and calls three doctors to see whether he is alive or dead.
- Chapter XVII How Pinocchio eats the sugar but refuses to take his medicine; but when he sees the grave-diggers coming to take him away, then he decides to swallow it. Further, how he tells a lie and as a punishment his nose grows long.
- Chapter XVIII How Pinocchio meets the Fox and the Cat again, and goes with them to sow the four coins in the Field of Miracles.
- Chapter XIX How Pinocchio is robbed of his gold coins, and as a punishment gets four months in gaol.
- Chapter XX How, freed from prison, Pinocchio sets out to return to the Fairy’s house; but on the journey he meets a terrible Serpent, and later gets caught in a gin-trap.
- Chapter XXI How Pinocchio is caught by a peasant, who makes him take the place of the guard-dog for his hen-house.
- Chapter XXII How Pinocchio exposes the thieves, and as a reward for being trustworthy is given his liberty.
- Chapter XXIII How Pinocchio grieves for the death of the beautiful Little Girl with the indigo hair; and how he then finds a Pigeon, that takes him to the seashore, and how he throws himself into the water to go to the aid of his papa, Old Joe.
- Chapter XXIV How Pinocchio arrives at the island of the ‘Busy Bees’ and finds the Fairy again.
- Chapter XXV How Pinocchio promises the Fairy to be good and to study, because he is tired of being a puppet and wants to become a good boy.
- Chapter XXVI How Pinocchio goes with his school-friends to the seashore, to see the ferocious Shark.
- Chapter XXVII How a great battle takes place between Pinocchio and his school-friends; and how, when one of them is injured, Pinocchio is arrested by the police.
- Chapter XXVIII How Pinocchio runs the risk of being fried in a frying-pan, like a fish.
- Chapter XXIX How he returns to the Fairy’s house, and she promises him that the next day he will no longer be a puppet, hut will become a boy. Grand breakfast of coffee with milk to celebrate this great event.
- Chapter XXX How, instead of becoming a boy, Pinocchio secretly goes away with his friend Candle-Wick to the ‘Land of Toys’.
- Chapter XXXI How, after five months in the land of pleasure and plenty, to his great astonishment Pinocchio finds he is growing a fine pair of ass’s ears, and he becomes a donkey, tail and all.
- Chapter XXXII How Pinocchio acquires donkey’s ears, and then turns into a real donkey and begins to bray.
- Chapter XXXIII How, having turned into a real donkey, he is taken away to be sold, and the Manager of a company of clowns buys him in order to teach him to dance and jump through hoops; but how one evening he goes lame and so is sold on to someone else, for his skin to be made into a drum.
- Chapter XXXIV How Pinocchio, having been thrown into the sea, is eaten by the fishes and becomes a puppet once more, but how, while he is swimming to safety, he is swallowed by the dreaded Shark.
- Chapter XXXV How in the Shark’s body Pinocchio meets... whom does he meet once more? Read this chapter and you will find out.
- Chapter XXXVI How at last Pinocchio stops being a puppet and becomes a boy.
- Explanatory Notes
Chapter XXXII How Pinocchio acquires donkey’s ears, and then turns into a real donkey and begins to bray.
Chapter XXXII How Pinocchio acquires donkey’s ears, and then turns into a real donkey and begins to bray.
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- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Note on the Text and Translation
- Select Bibliography
- Biography and Criticism
- General
- A Chronology of Carlo Collodi
- List of figures
- Chapter I How maestro Cherry, a carpenter, found apiece of wood which laughed and cried like a child.
- Chapter II How maestro Cherry gives the piece of wood to his friend, Old Joe, * who wants to make it into a wonderful puppet able to dance, fence and do somersaults.
- Chapter III How Old Joe, having reached home, begins at once to make the puppet and gives him the name Pinocchio. The puppet’s first pranks.
- Chapter IV The story of Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, which shows that naughty boys get bored with being corrected by those who know more than they do.
- Chapter V How Pinocchio gets hungry and looks for an egg to scramble; but how, when least expected, the scrambled egg flies away through the window. *
- Chapter VI How Pinocchio falls asleep with his feet on the hrazier, and the following morning wakes up to find his feet burnt to bits.
- Chapter VII How Old Joe comes home, and gives the puppet the breakfast that the poor man had brought for himself.
- Chapter VIII How Old Joe makes new feet for Pinocchio, and sells his own cape to buy him an alphabet book.
- Chapter IX How Pinocchio sells his alphabet book to go and see a puppet play.
- Chapter X How the puppets recognize Pinocchio as their brother, and make a great fuss of him; but how the puppeteer, Swallowfire, appears in the middle of it all and Pinocchio is in danger of coming to grief.
- Chapter XI How Swallowfire sneezes and forgives Pinocchio, who then saves his friend Harlequin from death.
- Chapter XII How the puppet-master, Swallowfire, gives five gold coins to Pinocchio to take to his papa, Old Joe; and how, instead, Pinocchio allows himself to be swindled by the Fox and the Cat and goes off with them.
- Chapter XIII At the Red Lobster Inn
- Chapter XIV How Pinocchio, because he has not heeded the good advice of the Talking Cricket, encounters the murderers.
- Chapter XV How the murderers follow Pinocchio, and having caught up with him, hang him on a branch of the Great Oak.
- Chapter XVI How the beautiful Little Girl with indigo hair has the puppet taken down, and puts him to bed, and calls three doctors to see whether he is alive or dead.
- Chapter XVII How Pinocchio eats the sugar but refuses to take his medicine; but when he sees the grave-diggers coming to take him away, then he decides to swallow it. Further, how he tells a lie and as a punishment his nose grows long.
- Chapter XVIII How Pinocchio meets the Fox and the Cat again, and goes with them to sow the four coins in the Field of Miracles.
- Chapter XIX How Pinocchio is robbed of his gold coins, and as a punishment gets four months in gaol.
- Chapter XX How, freed from prison, Pinocchio sets out to return to the Fairy’s house; but on the journey he meets a terrible Serpent, and later gets caught in a gin-trap.
- Chapter XXI How Pinocchio is caught by a peasant, who makes him take the place of the guard-dog for his hen-house.
- Chapter XXII How Pinocchio exposes the thieves, and as a reward for being trustworthy is given his liberty.
- Chapter XXIII How Pinocchio grieves for the death of the beautiful Little Girl with the indigo hair; and how he then finds a Pigeon, that takes him to the seashore, and how he throws himself into the water to go to the aid of his papa, Old Joe.
- Chapter XXIV How Pinocchio arrives at the island of the ‘Busy Bees’ and finds the Fairy again.
- Chapter XXV How Pinocchio promises the Fairy to be good and to study, because he is tired of being a puppet and wants to become a good boy.
- Chapter XXVI How Pinocchio goes with his school-friends to the seashore, to see the ferocious Shark.
- Chapter XXVII How a great battle takes place between Pinocchio and his school-friends; and how, when one of them is injured, Pinocchio is arrested by the police.
- Chapter XXVIII How Pinocchio runs the risk of being fried in a frying-pan, like a fish.
- Chapter XXIX How he returns to the Fairy’s house, and she promises him that the next day he will no longer be a puppet, hut will become a boy. Grand breakfast of coffee with milk to celebrate this great event.
- Chapter XXX How, instead of becoming a boy, Pinocchio secretly goes away with his friend Candle-Wick to the ‘Land of Toys’.
- Chapter XXXI How, after five months in the land of pleasure and plenty, to his great astonishment Pinocchio finds he is growing a fine pair of ass’s ears, and he becomes a donkey, tail and all.
- Chapter XXXII How Pinocchio acquires donkey’s ears, and then turns into a real donkey and begins to bray.
- Chapter XXXIII How, having turned into a real donkey, he is taken away to be sold, and the Manager of a company of clowns buys him in order to teach him to dance and jump through hoops; but how one evening he goes lame and so is sold on to someone else, for his skin to be made into a drum.
- Chapter XXXIV How Pinocchio, having been thrown into the sea, is eaten by the fishes and becomes a puppet once more, but how, while he is swimming to safety, he is swallowed by the dreaded Shark.
- Chapter XXXV How in the Shark’s body Pinocchio meets... whom does he meet once more? Read this chapter and you will find out.
- Chapter XXXVI How at last Pinocchio stops being a puppet and becomes a boy.
- Explanatory Notes
