One day there was an old carpenter named Geppetto. The old man worked in making wooden dolls, and because he was alone, he considered those dolls his family. He made a wooden doll and considered it his son, naming him Pinocchio. Geppetto cared for Pinocchio and wished from all his heart that he would become a real child.
One day, Geppetto went to sleep and left the doll Pinocchio in the bed designated for it. When he woke up in the morning, he found Pinocchio moving as if he were a real child. Geppetto rejoiced greatly because God had answered his prayer. He began teaching Pinocchio everything, and he saw that Pinocchio must go to school to learn like other children.
Pinocchio went to school every day with the children. One day, he found a circus carriage standing in the way, and it was presenting shows with wooden dolls. Pinocchio was amazed by the show, climbed onto the stage, and began dancing and singing. People were very amazed by him and began clapping. A lot of people gathered around him.
The circus owner rejoiced and gave Pinocchio five gold coins. He asked him to work with him, but he refused and decided to return home. While he was returning home, a cat and a fox, two deceivers, followed him. They wanted to seize the gold coins he possessed. They tied him to a tree, stole his coins, and fled. Pinocchio kept screaming and asking for help, but no one heard him.
There was a kind fairy living among the trees who heard Pinocchio’s screaming. She went to help him. He told her that his father was sick and that he was forced to work to help him. Pinocchio found his wooden nose growing and extending. Pinocchio feared and looked at the fairy. She told him that this happened to him because he lied, and his nose would continue to grow if he continued telling lies.
Pinocchio felt shame and apologized to the fairy. He promised her not to say anything but the truth. She told him that if he stopped lying and became good, he would turn into a real child. Pinocchio left the fairy and decided to return home, determined to become a good child so he would become a real child as the fairy had told him.
While he was going to the house, he found a sorcerer calling children and asking them to board the ship to the land of toys. Pinocchio rejoiced and boarded the ship with the sorcerer instead of going home. After the ship moved, Pinocchio found the sorcerer doing strange things and that he was turning the children into donkeys so he could sell them. Pinocchio feared severely. When the sorcerer saw him, he jumped quickly into the sea. In the sea, he began swimming and wrestling with the waves until a large whale came and swallowed Pinocchio.
Inside the whale, Pinocchio was surprised where he found his father Geppetto. Inside the whale were he and his ship. When Pinocchio came out and didn’t return home, Geppetto felt sadness and worry. He went out to search for him but didn’t find him. He took his ship and sailed, hoping to find Pinocchio. While he was in the sea, the whale swallowed him.
Pinocchio felt regret because he was the reason for what happened to his father. But he thought of a plan to get out of the whale’s belly. He found a torch with his father. He asked Geppetto to row until they reached the whale’s nose. He lit the torch and brought it close to the whale’s nose until he put smoke in it. The whale sneezed forcefully, and they came out of its belly. They rowed forcefully until they moved away from the whale.
Pinocchio returned with Geppetto to the house and promised to become a good child. And indeed, he became good. One day, the kind fairy came to him and told him that she had been watching him and that he deserved to become a real child. She pointed at him with her magic wand, and he turned into a real child. He and Geppetto rejoiced greatly. They thanked the fairy and lived together in happiness.