Showing posts with label Carlo Collodi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carlo Collodi. Show all posts

Monday, June 25, 2012

The Dogfish

This sea monster was neither more nor less than that gigantic Dogfish who has been mentioned many times in this story, and who, for his slaughter and for his insatiable voracity, had been named the "Attila of Fish and Fisherman."

Monday, June 18, 2012

The Cat

"Look at me!" said the Cat. "Through my foolish passion for study I have lost the sight of both my eyes."

The Fox

"Look at me!" said the Fox. "Through my foolish passion for study I have lost a leg."


Monday, June 11, 2012

Miss Rose

"It is Pinocchio!" cried Punchinello.
"It is indeed!" cried Miss Rose

Friday, May 18, 2012

Geppetto





"What shall I call him?" he said to himself. "I think I'll call him PINOCCHIO. This name will make his fortune. I knew a whole family of Pinocchi once--Pinocchio the father, Pinocchia the mother, and Pinocchi the children-- and they were all lucky. The richest of them begged for his living."

Friday, May 11, 2012

The Showman

His beard was black as ink and so long that it reached from his chin to the ground. I need only say that he trod upon it. (Pinnochio, by Carlo Collodi)