2012م - 1444هـ
Pinocchio

CHAPTER 1

How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter,

found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child

Centuries ago there lived--

"A king!" my little readers will say immediately.

No, children, you are mistaken. Once upon a time there was

a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far

from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those

thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to

make cold rooms cozy and warm.

I do not know how this really happened, yet the fact

remains that one fine day this piece of wood found itself

in the shop of an old carpenter. His real name was Mastro

Antonio, but everyone called him Mastro Cherry, for the tip

of his nose was so round and red and shiny that it looked

like a ripe cherry.