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Quotation from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

“No, children, you are mistaken. Once upon a time there was a piece of wood.”

Carlo Collodi (spoken by Narrator)

The Adventures of Pinocchio, Chapter 1, trans. Carol Della Chiesa

Portrait of Carlo Collodi

The narrator teases his young listeners, who expect the story to begin with a king.

Citation: "No, children, you are mistaken. Once upon a time there was a piece of wood." — Carlo Collodi, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Chapter 1, trans. Carol Della Chiesa. (id the-adventures-of-pinocchio-q1)

Portrait: Pinocchio, Enrico Mazzanti (1852-1910), Public domain.

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