The Circus and the Sea

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Pinocchio’s forced life as a performing donkey culminates in injury and a planned drowning, but the loss of his donkey hide restores his wooden form.

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Sold from Toyland Sold from Toyland from "The Adventures of Pinocchio". A Commodity Made of Children The Little Man’s Business The Little Man sells Pinocchio after the boy’s transformation into a donkey.

Sold from Toyland from "The Adventures of Pinocchio". A Commodity Made of Children The Little Man’s Business The Little Man sells Pinocchio after the boy’s transformation into a donkey.

A Commodity Made of Children The Little Man’s Business The Little Man sells Pinocchio after the boy’s transformation into a donkey. His cheerful manner conceals a system that turns children’s idleness into a profitable trade. A New Captivity A circus owner buys Pinocchio to train him for performances. The donkey’s future is no longer his own, and the consequences of the earlier escape from school become enforced labor.

Training by the Whip Training by the Whip from "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Forced Performance A Body Disciplined Pinocchio is made to learn jumps, bows, dances, and other tricks.

Training by the Whip from "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Forced Performance A Body Disciplined Pinocchio is made to learn jumps, bows, dances, and other tricks.

Forced Performance A Body Disciplined Pinocchio is made to learn jumps, bows, dances, and other tricks. Training takes months and brings repeated lashings, while he struggles to eat the straw and hay in his manger. Regret in Captivity He wishes he had studied and imagines that bread and butter would be his food if he had chosen differently. Remorse has become clear, but it cannot immediately undo his situation.

The Fairy in the Audience The Fairy in the Audience from "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Recognition at the Circus A Glimpse of Hope Pinocchio sees a woman in a box wearing a medallion with his puppet likeness.

The Fairy in the Audience from "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Recognition at the Circus A Glimpse of Hope Pinocchio sees a woman in a box wearing a medallion with his puppet likeness.

Recognition at the Circus A Glimpse of Hope Pinocchio sees a woman in a box wearing a medallion with his puppet likeness. He recognizes the Fairy and tries to call to her. A Voice Lost His donkey bray replaces human speech, and the manager strikes him for disrupting the performance. By the time he looks back, the Fairy has disappeared, leaving him with recognition but no reunion.

The Fall and the Sale The Fall and the Sale from "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Injury Ends the Act A Failed Jump Pinocchio repeatedly goes under a hoop before finally jumping through it.

The Fall and the Sale from "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Injury Ends the Act A Failed Jump Pinocchio repeatedly goes under a hoop before finally jumping through it.

Injury Ends the Act A Failed Jump Pinocchio repeatedly goes under a hoop before finally jumping through it. His hind legs catch the ring, and he falls, leaving him lame for the rest of his life. A New Buyer The circus manager sells him because he can no longer perform. A buyer wants him only for his hide, intending to make a drumhead, reducing the former performer to material.

The Hide Disappears The Hide Disappears from "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Wood Beneath the Donkey A Drowning Reversed The buyer pulls the rope expecting a dead donkey, but finds Pinocchio alive in his wooden puppet form.

The Hide Disappears from "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Wood Beneath the Donkey A Drowning Reversed The buyer pulls the rope expecting a dead donkey, but finds Pinocchio alive in his wooden puppet form.

Wood Beneath the Donkey A Drowning Reversed The buyer pulls the rope expecting a dead donkey, but finds Pinocchio alive in his wooden puppet form. The sea has loosened the donkey hide that concealed his original body. Escape and Pursuit Pinocchio explains his history, then dives away before the buyer can sell him again. His transformation back does not erase his hardship, but it gives him another chance to act freely.

After five months in the Land of Toys

The first three months in the circus stable

During Pinocchio’s first public performance

At the end of the performance

After Pinocchio is thrown into the sea