Chapter I: Front Matter

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Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have
been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.

The frequent use of ellipses has been retained as printed.

On page 19, "I had better tried" should possibly be "I had better
try".

THE HEART OF PINOCCHIO

THE HEART OF
PINOCCHIO

_New Adventures of the
Celebrated Little Puppet_

_By_

COLLODI NIPOTE
(_Paolo Lorenzini_)

_Adapted from the Italian by_
VIRGINIA WATSON

_With Drawings by
J. R. Flanagan_

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON

_The Twilight Series_

Imaginative Stories and Fairy Tales

Illustrated--Jackets Printed in Colors

THE HOLLOW TREE AND DEEP WOODS BOOK. By A. B. Paine
THE HOLLOW TREE SNOWED-IN BOOK. By A. B. Paine
HOLLOW TREE NIGHTS AND DAYS. By A. B. Paine
ALICE IN WONDERLAND. By Lewis Carroll
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. By Lewis Carroll
HOME FAIRY TALES. By Jean Mace
DANISH FAIRY AND FOLK TALES. By J. Christian Bay
FAVORITE FAIRY TALES. Illustrated by Peter Newell
TWILIGHT LAND. By Howard Pyle
THE DWARF'S TAILOR. By Zoe Dana Underhill
FAIRY BOOK. By Edouard Laboulaye
LAST FAIRY TALES. By Edouard Laboulaye
PINOCCHIO. By Carlo Collodi
THE HEART OF PINOCCHIO. By Collodi Nipote
THE WATER BABIES. By Charles Kingsley

THE HEART OF PINOCCHIO

Copyright, 1919, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. _How Pinocchio Discovered that He Had a Heart and Had
Become a Real Boy_ 1

II. _How Pinocchio Recognized the Advantages of His
Wooden Body_ 22

III. _How Pinocchio Sent a Solemn Protest to Francis
Joseph to Rectify an Official Bulletin_ 33

IV. _How Pinocchio Learned that War Changes Everything--Even
the Meaning of Words_ 62

V. _In Which Pinocchio Discovers that Sometimes When You
Want to Advance You Have to Take a Step Backward_ 78

VI. _Wherein We See Pinocchio's Heart_ 92

VII. _How Pinocchio Came Face to Face with Our Alpine
Troops_ 110

VIII. _How Pinocchio Made Two Beasts Sing--Contrary to
Nature_ 135

IX. _How Pinocchio Complained Because He Was No Longer
a Wooden Puppet_ 151

X. _Many Deeds and Few Words_ 177

XI. _And Now--Finished or Not Finished_ 199

ILLUSTRATIONS

"_But smell this_" ... _and while he spoke the
rascal of a Pinocchio took in both hands the
dish and held it close to Stolz's nose_ _Frontispiece_

"_I see the suet-eaters_" _Facing page_ 36

_He saw a rag tied to a pole waving_ " 42

"_You beastly little creature, what game are you
playing?_" " 46

_One day he managed to capture a pig and to drag
it along behind him_ " 62

_His foot caught Cutemup right in the stomach and
knocked him breathless_ " 88

_Pinocchio did his best to get on his feet, but
couldn't succeed_ " 116

_Ciampanella, the company cook_ " 134