Walt Disney's Classic Storybook

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0 ,tne night, long ago, the Wishing Star shone
down upon a tiny village, where a kindly
old woodcarver named Geppetto was n1.aking a
merry-faced little puppet named Pinocchio. The
wooden puppet looked so lifelike!

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As Geppetto climbed into bed, he made a wish:

"I wish Pinocchio were a real, live boy." Then he fell

fast a.sleep.

Hidden behind the hearth, Jiminy Cricket

overheard Geppetto's

wish. I-le felt sad /
because he knew the

wish could never

come true.

Suddenly, a

bright light filled the

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/ room and out of
the light stepped a
beautiful lady

dressed in blue!

A The Blue

Fairy raised her

wand and rnagically brought Pinocchio to life. ''Prove

yourself brave, truthful, and unselfish," she said to him,

"and son1eday you will be a real boy." Then, to help

Pinocchio stay out of trouble, she dubbed Jiminy

Cricket the keeper of Pinocchio's conscience.

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l'he owner, Stromboli, marveled at Pinocchio. "A
puppet without strings!" Stromboli handed Foulfellow
a bag full of money. Then Foulfellow and Gideon
trotted away, leaving Pinocchio behind.

That night, Pinocchio was a huge hit in the puppet
show. A puppet

\ without strings! It
was a miracle!
After the shovv,
Pinocchio said
good night to

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Suddenly, the

-"�.,. Blue Fairy appeared
�,�j' before them. "I'll
forgive you this
once," she said to

� Pinocchio. "But

remember, a boy

who vvon't be good,

1night just as well be

made of wood."

Then she waved her \vand, and Pinocchio was free!

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Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket ran for hon1e, when
who should they n1eet but Foulfellow and Gideon! The
sly fox pretended to be shocked vvhen Pinocchio told
hin1 how Stromboli
had treated him.

Before Jiminy kncvv

vvhat had happened,
Foulfellow had
persuaded the puppet
to take a vacation
on Pleasure Island.

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Jiminy Cricket
tried to remind
Pinocchio of his
promise to go
home. But
Pinocchio vvent ahead an,yway and boarded a
coach bound for Pleasure Island. It was driven by
an evil-looking Coachman, pulled by a team of
donkeys, and filled with noisy boys. Once again,
Jiminy Cricket follovved along
faithfully.

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'fhe streets of Pleasure Island were paved with

cookies and lined with doughnut trees. "Have a good

time-,vhile you can!" the Coachman urged the boys.

And they did. Pinocchio made friends ,vith the vvorst of

the boys, a .. .�A,,.,_ •/.'1..-
bully named

Lampwick,

and he vvas

alwa,ys in the

middle of

mischief.

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