Carlo Collodi

Would it be possible to find a more ungrateful boy, or one with less heart than I have! ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#men #men

A boy's appetite grows very fast, and in a few moments the queer, empty feeling had become hunger, and the hunger grew bigger and bigger, until soon he was as ravenous as a bear. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#bear #become #bigger #boy #empty

A thousand woodpeckers flew in through the window and settled themselves on Pinocchio's nose. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#nose #pinocchio #settled #themselves #thousand

Fancy the happiness of Pinocchio on finding himself free! Without saying yes or no, he fled from the city and set out on the road that was to take him back to the house of the lovely Fairy. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#city #fairy #fancy #finding #fled

How ridiculous I was as a Marionette! And how happy I am, now that I have become a real boy! ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#become #boy #happy #how #i

Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all night long. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#being #father #finding #him #his

When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#itself #means #mischievous #poverty #shows

How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#cherry #child #found #happened #how