Pinocchio. Adapted by Allen Chaffee

ONCE UPON A TIME A POOR WOOD CARVER NAMED GEPPETTO LIVED IN A COUNTRY ACROSS THE SEA. HE WAS LITTLE AND OLD AND HE WAS LONELY. ONE DAY A FRIEND GAVE HIM A FINE LOG OF WOOD. IT LOOKED LIKE JUST SUCH A LOG AS YOU MIGHT BURN IN THE FIRE-PLACE. BUT GEPPETTO DECIDED TO MAKE HIMSELF A PUPPET. HE WANTED A PUPPET WHO WOULD BE LIKE A SON TO HIM. HE EVEN DECIDED TO NAME HIM PINOCCHIO. HE THOUGHT THE NAME MIGHT BRING HIM LUCK.