However, Pinocchio soon realized that circus life was not fun at all. He worked all day and he missed Geppeto terribly. Plus, because he had stopped going to school, he had grown to large donkey ears. Poor Pinocchio!
Then one day, he heard terrible news. Geppeto, who had been searching everywhere for his son, had been swallowed up by a huge whale! Immediately, Pinocchio set off to try to save his father.
Finally, Pinocchio found the whale. But as soon as the whale saw him, it swallowed him up as well! Inside th e whale’s belly, who do you think he saw? It was Geppeto! How happy they were to see each other!
“I have a plan to get out,” said Pinocchio, and began tickling the whale’s stomach. As soon as the whale opened its mouth and gave a big sneeze, Pinocchio and Geppeto shot out!
Pinocchio and Geppeto finally reached home safety. The fairy was so pleased with Pinocchio’s bravery that she decided to make him into a real flesh and blood boy. From that day, he was a very good boy who never missed school again, and the father and son lived happily ever after.