Thus having settled their accounts, they shook hands and swore to be good friends for the rest of their lives. Then and there they gave each other a sound thrashing.Īfter this fight, Mastro Antonio had two more scratches on his nose, and Geppetto had two buttons missing from his coat. On hearing himself called Polendina for the third time, Geppetto lost his head with rage and threw himself upon the carpenter. “Geppetto, do not insult me or I shall call you Polendina.” “You’re right but remember you were the one to throw it at my legs.” “Ah! Is this the gentle way, Mastro Antonio, in which you make your gifts? You have made me almost lame!” But as he was about to give it to his friend, with a violent jerk it slipped out of his hands and hit against poor Geppetto’s thin legs. Mastro Antonio, very glad indeed, went immediately to his bench to get the piece of wood which had frightened him so much. “I want a piece of wood to make a Marionette. “Well then, Mastro Geppetto,” said the carpenter, to show he bore him no ill will, “what is it you want?” The two little old men, each with his own wig back on his own head, shook hands and swore to be good friends for the rest of their lives. “Give me back my wig!” shouted Mastro Antonio in a surly voice. When the fight was over, Mastro Antonio had Geppetto’s yellow wig in his hands and Geppetto found the carpenter’s curly wig in his mouth. “I suppose you think I did! Yet I KNOW it was you.”Īnd growing angrier each moment, they went from words to blows, and finally began to scratch and bite and slap each other. On hearing himself called Polendina, Mastro Geppetto turned the color of a red pepper and, facing the carpenter, said to him angrily: “Bravo, Polendina!” cried the same tiny voice which came from no one knew where. With it I intend to go around the world, to earn my crust of bread and cup of wine. It must be wonderful, one that will be able to dance, fence, and turn somersaults.
“I thought of making myself a beautiful wooden Marionette. Pinocchio (Red Carpet - la Biennale di Venezia. “Here I am, at your service,” answered the carpenter, raising himself on to his knees. Things named after Pinocchio (2 C) Media in category 'Pinocchio' The following 101 files are in this category, out of 101 total. And it may flatter you to know, Mastro Antonio, that I have come to you to beg for a favor.” “What brought you here, friend Geppetto?” “Good day, Mastro Antonio,” said Geppetto. Woe to the one who called him Polendina! He became as wild as a beast and no one could soothe him. His name was Geppetto, but to the boys of the neighborhood he was Polendina on account of the wig he always wore which was just the color of polenta. “Come in,” said the carpenter, not having an atom of strength left with which to stand up.Īt the words, the door opened and a dapper little old man came in. In that very instant, a loud knock sounded on the door.
Mastro Cherry gives the piece of wood to his friend Geppetto, who takes it to make himself a Marionette that will dance, fence, and turn somersaults. Also take a look at this commentary and this one.Chapter 2 Mastro Cherry Gives the Wood Away
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The soldier without disturbing himself in the least caught him cleverly by the nose and gave him to Geppetto.įor further reading, you can find the original Pinocchio for free in many places including Amazon. Pinocchio to Talking Cricket: “Take care, you wicked, ill-omened croaker! Woe to you if I fly into a passion!” It’s not just the much darker imagery and events in the book but also the odd, old fashioned English.
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I may read the story for myself, but I’ll track down a book based on the Disney movie instead. He dies and “Collodi actually intended that to be the end of his tale, but public outcry from fans got him to return to the story and bring the puppet boy back to life.” ( src) In an awful twist, later on in the novel Pinocchio is caught and hung by the cat and the fox. but unfortunately it struck him exactly on the head, so that the poor Cricket had scarcely breath to cry “Cri-cri-cri!” and then he remained dried up and flattened against the wall. (Apparently he reappears alive at the end of the story but it’s not explained how) I’ve only got to chapter 6 of the story but so far Geppetto is in gaol for child(puppet) abuse and Pinocchio has killed Jiminy Cricket (Talking Cricket in the story) with a mallet to the head. I never saw the original Walt Disney cartoon but I’m familiar with the characters and the story.
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He watched a few videos on Youtube of the Disney classic and since I knew the original would be available as a Kindle download I offered to read him a few chapters before going to bed. My son Adam has taken an interest in Pinocchio after receiving a little wooden toy that looks similar to the well known character.
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