“A conscience is that still small voice that people won’t listen to.”
Did you know that in the original story of Pinocchio, set in Tuscany, Italy, Pinocchio ended up
dying in a horrible way? Or that the ending was changed to make the book more suitable for
children?
Written by the Italian writer Carlo Collodi, Pinocchio is an adventurous and provoking fairy tale
with moral values. In the story, Pinocchio begins life as a talking piece of pine that refuses to be
a table’s leg. The poor carpenter Geppetto turns this pine into a mischievous puppet boy named
Pinocchio. Pinocchio has only one dream, to become a real child. Nonetheless, his unbridled
curiosity, deceit and selfishness put him in constant danger. Throughout the book, Pinocchio
encounters many distracting obstacles preventing him from becoming a real boy.
Will this young puppet learn from his mistakes? And most importantly, will his dream come
true?