Pinocchio

Pinocho

A wooden puppet wants to be a real boy — and lies his way further from it every time.

Carlo Collodi's 1883 original, told for Level 1 — sharper and stranger than the cartoon. A poor woodcarver makes a puppet that walks and talks and runs away the same day. Every shortcut Pinocho takes costs him something, and the road back is longer than the road out.

23 chapters · 13,926 words