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PINOCCHIO

In the past, there was a puppeteer whose name is Geppetto. He eager to have a son very much but his wife passed away several years ago. One day, he got an idea to make a puppet in order not to be lonely again. He made a puppet all day long. Finally, in the morning he had finished his work and he named the puppet Pinocchio. Soon he felt lonely again since Pinocchio couldn’t walk or talk by itself. One night, Geppetto prayed to the God to become a real boy. He always thought it on his mind in his dream.

In the next morning, he was surprised that Pinocchio was alive. He taught Pinocchio how to walk, how to read, how to speak and to do other things as human. He then studied at an elementary school. One day, Pinocchio felt bored and it made him go home late. When Pinocchio finally came home, Geppetto asked him. He said that he was on school but he wasn’t. Instantly, Pinocchio’s nose grew longer and longer and it meant that Pinocchio has lied.

The next morning, Pinocchio was kidnaped by the owner of circus. Pinocchio soon became a slave for the circus. He was so famous because he was a puppet which can talk. Geppetto worried about him because Pinocchio had not been going home for almost two days. He tried to find Pinocchio everywhere but he found nothing. When he searched him on the sea, big wave smashed him. He was then in whale’s stomach when he awoke. He couldn’t find the way to go out.

In the other side, Pinocchio finally could escape out from the circus. He came home but nobody was there. Latter on, he searched Geppetto in the sea. He got the same accident like Geppetto and he met Geppetto in whale’s stomach. Both of them got out from its stomach by making a fire. In the end of the story, they went home together and lived happily ever after.

Text Translation

PINOKIO

Di masa lalu, ada seorang pembuat boneka kayu yang bernama Geppetto. Dia ingin sekali memiliki anak laki-laki tapi istrinya meninggal beberapa tahun sebelumnya. Suatu hari, ia mendapat ide untuk membuat boneka agar tidak kesepian lagi. Dia membuat boneka kayu itu sepanjang hari. Akhirnya, di pagi hari ia selesai mengerjakannya dan dia beri nama boneka itu Pinocchio. Setelah itu ia merasa kesepian lagi karena Pinocchio tidak bisa berjalan atau berbicar. Suatu malam, Geppetto berdoa kepada Tuhan untuk menjadikannya seorang anak yang nyata. Dia selalu memikirkan itu dalam pikirannya.

Pada keesokan harinya, ia terkejut karena Pinocchio hidup. Dia mengajari Pinocchio cara berjalan, cara membaca, cara berbicara dan melakukan hal-hal lain selayaknya manusia. Dia kemudian belajar di sebuah sekolah dasar. Suatu hari, Pinocchio merasa bosan dan itu membuatnya pulang terlambat. Ketika Pinocchio akhirnya pulang, Geppetto bertanya. Dia mengatakan bahwa ia berada di sekolah tapi sebenarnya dia tidak di sekolah. Seketika, hidung Pinokio tumbuh lebih panjang lagi dan lagi dan itu berarti bahwa Pinocchio telah berbohong.

Keesokan paginya, Pinocchio diculik oleh seorang pemilik sirkus. Pinocchio kemudian menjadi budak untuk sirkus tersebut. Dia begitu terkenal karena ia adalah boneka yang bisa bicara. Geppetto khawatir tentang dia karena Pinocchio belum pulang selama hampir dua hari. Dia mencoba untuk menemukan Pinocchio mana-mana tapi ia tidak menemukannya. Ketika ia mencari dia di laut, gelombang besar menghempaskan dirinya. Dia kemudian berada di perut ikan paus ketika ia terbangun. Dia tidak bisa menemukan cara untuk pergi keluar dari sana.

Di sisi lain, Pinocchio akhirnya bisa melarikan diri keluar dari sirkus itu. Dia pulang tapi tidak ada siapa-siapa di rumahnya. Akhirnya, ia mencari Geppetto di laut. Dia mendapat kecelakaan yang sama seperti yang dialami Geppetto dan ia bertemu Geppetto dalam perut ikan paus. Keduanya keluar dari perut tersebut dengan membuat api. Di akhir cerita, mereka pulang bersama-sama dan hidup bahagia selamanya.

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