Three (not four) syllables: pee-NOHK-kyoh, with the accented 'OH' a bit more open toward 'AW' (
thanks Gritchka).
The novel The Adventures of Pinocchio novel by Carlo "Collodi" Lorenzini inspired (term used loosely) a Disney animated movie. Collodi originally wrote the novel as a serial in an Italian children's magazine in the 1880s.
- Official web site: www.pinocchio.it
- Various artists' renderings of hero: http://www.pinocchio.fr.st/
Because the novel was first published before 1923, it has entered the public domain. Damian Yerrick, starting with a popular public domain translation by Carol Della Chiesa widely available online, has updated the translation, has made a few stylistic changes to update the translation for the 21st century.
- Search and replace-type changes
- "Marionette" changed to "puppet" throughout
- "Mastro" changed to "Mr." throughout
- "Carabineer" changed to "cop" throughout
- one instance of "Gab" changed to "Crab"
- "the Inn of the Red Lobster" changed to "Red Lobster" except in the first paragraph of chapter 13
- "Lamp-Wick" changed to "Lampwick" or "Candlewick" throughout (I'll have to check)
- References to Europe changed to "the continent"
- More involved changes
- Many references to "A-B-C" changed to Hooked On Phonics;
does this story really _have_ to take place in a Latin-1 zone?
Cyrillic is A-B-V, Greek is A-B-G, Hebrew is '-B-G, Tengwar is T-P-C,
AngloSaxonRunic is F-U-TH...) Note: they're not paying for this plug
-- yet. HOOKED ON PHONICS® is a registered trademark of Gateway
Learning Corporation.
- "man" largely changed to "fellow" (except in idioms, adages, etc.). It all started with a bunch of grapes and the number 21...
- One "man" in chapter 16 replaced with non-sexist "human"
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Table of contents (first season)
- How it happened that Mr. Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child
- Mr. Cherry gives the piece of wood to his friend Geppetto, who takes it to make himself a puppet that will dance, fence, and turn somersaults
- As soon as he gets home, Geppetto fashions the puppet and calls it Pinocchio. The first pranks of the puppet
- The story of
Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, in which one sees that bad children
do not like to be corrected by those who know more than they do
- Pinocchio is hungry and looks for an egg to cook himself an omelet; but, to his surprise, the omelet flies out of the window
- Pinocchio falls asleep with his feet on a foot warmer, and awakens the next day with his feet all burned off
- Geppetto returns home and gives his own breakfast to the puppet
- Geppetto makes Pinocchio a new pair of feet, and sells his coat to buy him an alphabet book
- Pinocchio sells his book to pay his way into the puppet theater
- The puppets recognize their brother Pinocchio, and greet him with loud cheers; but the Director, Fire Eater, happens along and poor Pinocchio almost loses his life
- Fire Eater sneezes and forgives Pinocchio, who saves his friend, Harlequin, from death
- Fire Eater gives Pinocchio five gold pieces for his father, Geppetto; but the puppet meets a Fox and a Cat and follows them
- Red Lobster (isn't that a seafood restaurant chain?)
- Pinocchio, not having listened to the good advice of the Talking Cricket, falls into the hands of the Assassins
- The Assassins chase Pinocchio, catch him, and hang him to the branch of a giant oak tree
Collodi originally dropped the series after chapter 15, leaving both Pinocchio and readers hanging. A couple years later, he continued the series.
Table of contents (second season)
- The Lovely Maiden with Azure Hair sends for the poor puppet, puts him to bed, and calls three Doctors to tell her if Pinocchio is dead or alive
- Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine. When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better. Afterwards he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer
- Pinocchio finds the Fox and the Cat again, and goes with them to sow the gold pieces in the Field of Wonders
- Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison
- Freed from prison, Pinocchio sets out to return to the Fairy; but on the way he meets a Serpent and later is caught in a trap
- Pinocchio is caught by a Farmer, who uses him as a watchdog for his chicken coop
- Pinocchio discovers the thieves and, as a reward for faithfulness, he regains his liberty
- Pinocchio weeps upon learning that the Lovely Maiden with Azure Hair is dead. He meets a Pigeon, who carries him to the seashore. He throws himself into the sea to go to the aid of his father
- Pinocchio reaches the Island of the Busy Bees and finds the Fairy once more
- Pinocchio promises the Fairy to be good and to study, as he is growing tired of being a puppet, and wishes to become a real boy
- Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark
- The great battle between Pinocchio and his playmates. One is wounded. Pinocchio is arrested
- Pinocchio runs the danger of being fried in a pan like a fish
- Pinocchio returns to the Fairy's house and she promises him that, on the morrow, he will cease to be a puppet and become a boy. A wonderful party of coffee-and-milk to celebrate the great event
- Pinocchio, instead of becoming a boy, runs away
to the Land of Toys with his friend, Candlewick
- After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him
- Pinocchio's ears become like those of a Donkey.
In a little while he changes into a real Donkey and begins to bray
- Pinocchio, having become a Donkey, is bought by the owner of a Circus, who wants to teach him to do tricks. The Donkey becomes lame and is sold to a man who wants to use his skin for a drumhead
- Pinocchio is thrown into the sea, eaten by fishes, and becomes a puppet once more. As he swims to land, he is swallowed by the Terrible Shark
- In the Shark's body Pinocchio finds...
- Pinocchio finally ceases to be a puppet and becomes a boy, or so he thinks
Sequels?
Nodes about Pinocchio
Greets
crazy stuff: http://www.eyrie.org/~pi/Stories/pinocchio.txt
anotherone bites
the dust:
yerricde says Obsessed? Hardly. I only have seven different versions of the
Pinocchio story on videotape, and I only have eight different retellings in book form (including three translations of the real thing) not counting Project Nodeberg.
anotherone says The whole story always freaked me out... why did Geppetto want a kid anyway? The freudian implications of the whole thing are staggering. Carving a little boy doll out of wood... eww
yerricde says Because Geppetto had
reproductive dysfunction and lived in a story set before the introduction of
sildenafil citrate, he could not father a child in the normal way. His only friends were his puppets.
yerricde says That is, if it wasn't all a dream.
If you were looking for the writeup with the highest reputation, you'll have to go fishing in the toilet.