THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO - 12

by C. Collodi in English Children Stories

CHAPTER 12 Fire Eater gives Pinocchio five gold pieces for his father, Geppetto; but the Marionette meets a Fox and a Cat and follows them. The next day Fire Eater called Pinocchio aside and asked him: “What is your ...Read Morename?” “Geppetto.” “And what is his trade?” “He’s a wood carver.” “Does he earn much?” “He earns so much that he never has a penny in his pockets. Just think that, in order to buy me an A-B-C book for school, he had to sell the only coat he owned, a coat so full of darns and patches that it Read Less