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Now, read the story.

Once upon a time, there was a carpenter

named Master Cherry. One day, he

found a piece of wood. He decided to use
it to make the leg of a table. As he began

to chip it, the piece of wood moaned.

Master Cherry was frightened. He

decided give it to his friend called
Geppetto.
1

Geppetto took the lump of wood home.
He looked at the piece of wood and said,

‘I’ll make a puppet with this wood and

call him Pinocchio.’
2

And Geppetto began to carve the wood. Suddenly a voice squealed,
‘Ooh! That hurts!’ Geppetto was surprised. The piece of wood was alive!

He was excited. He carved out a head, hair and eyes on the wood. But the

moment he carved out the nose, it grew longer and longer. Geppetto cut
it down to size, but it just stayed a

long nose. And as soon as he carved

out a mouth, the puppet stuck out
his tongue at him.

And when he shaped the hands,

the puppet took away the old man’s

wig. And when he shaped the
puppet’s legs, he kicked Geppetto.

carpenter: a person who makes wooden things
chip: to cut or break (a small piece) from something
moaned: made a low long sound of pain
lump: a small piece of something with no shape
puppet: a model of a person or animal that is moved
by strings
carve: (here) to make a shape by cutting wood
1 say juh-PEH-toh
2 say pih-NOH-ki-hoh squealed: made a long, very high sound or cry
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