Then Pinocchio grew donkey ears and a donkey tail.
He was turning into a donkey, too!
“We’ve got to get off Pleasure Island before it’s too late!” I cried.
Pinocchio and I jumped into the sea.
By the time we reached the shore, Pinocchio had stopped turning into a donkey. But he still had his long ears and tail.
We ran to Geppetto’s shop.
No one was home!
Pinocchio and I didn’t know what to do.
Then a letter floated down from the sky.
I read the letter aloud. “Geppetto went to look for you. His ship was swallowed by Monstro the Whale.”
“We must save him!” Pinocchio cried.
At that moment Geppetto, Figaro, and Cleo were inside Monstro’s belly.
“We’ll starve if Monstro doesn’t open his mouth soon,” Geppetto said to them.
Pinocchio and I went back to the shore.
Pinocchio tied a rock to his tail.
Then we jumped into the sea and sank to the bottom.
We looked all around.
A school of fish swam nearby.
We finally spotted Monstro.
The giant whale was sleeping.
Suddenly Monstro woke up.
He opened his huge mouth.
Monstro swallowed all the fish.
He swallowed Pinocchio and me, too!
Soon Pinocchio and I were in Geppetto’s boat.
Geppetto cried, “My son! I thought I would never see you again.”
Pinocchio hugged Geppetto. He promised he would never leave his father again.
Then Geppetto saw Pinocchio’s long ears and tail.
“What happened?” he asked.
Pinocchio felt ashamed.
“I’ll tell you later,” he said. “First we need to get out of here.”
Pinocchio had a plan. “We need to make a fire. The smoke will make Monstro sneeze.”
They built a big fire.
Sure enough, the huge whale opened his big mouth. “Ah…Ahhh…AH – CHOO!”