Pinocchio

Author: Carlo Collodi.

Country: Italy.

Genre (نوع القصة): Children book, fiction (خيالي).

Setting 

When: Once upon a time.

Where: a small village in Italy.

Characters

Main Character:

1. Pinocchio: The hero of the story. He was created from wood as a puppet by a man called Mr. Geppetto.

2. Mister Geppetto: A poor carpenter, who has no wife and no children. Geppetto is the one who made Pinocchio the puppet.

Extra Characters:

1. The fox and the cat.

2. The blue fairy.

3. The policemen.

4. The villagers.

5. The puppet master.

6. The coach.

7. The enormous fish.

Plot

Pinocchio started to lie to the blue fairy, as a result, his nose started to grow.

Events

-Pinocchio runs away from Geppetto’s home.

-The puppet’s master wanted to throw Pinocchio on the fire, but then he decided to give him a gold coin.

-Pinocchio met the fox and the cat that wanted to fool him by taking his coin.

-Pinocchio met the blue fairy who taught him a lesson not to tell lies.

-Pinocchio finds himself following a group of children to the playland where all the children turned into donkeys and he forgot his promise.

-A big fish swallowed Pinocchio where he met Geppetto and when they turned back to their home Pinocchio promised to be a good boy, and suddenly he turned into a real boy.

Solution

The blue fairy taught Pinocchio a lesson that we should not tell lies by asking him questions and when he lies his nose grows up until he stops lying and turns into a real boy.