🎙️ “Pinocchio and the Unhelpful Nose”
🌲 CHAPTER ONE — The Nose Awakens
Pinocchio woke up feeling… unusually tall.
“Dad! I think I grew overnight!” he shouted.
Geppetto peeked in, took one look, and sighed,
“My boy… that’s not your height. That’s your nose.”
Pinocchio gasped.
“But I didn’t lie yesterday! I only told you I brushed my teeth—well… I did put the toothbrush in my mouth.
I just didn’t, you know… move it.”
PING!
His nose grew another inch.
Pinocchio shrieked,
“NOOOO, STOP IT! I DID MY BEST!”
Geppetto muttered,
“You talked for three minutes, but didn’t answer my question.”
Pinocchio was now officially in trouble.
And school hadn’t even started yet.
📚 CHAPTER TWO — The Homework Disaster
At school, the teacher approached.
“Pinocchio, dear, where is your homework?”
Pinocchio panicked and invented a story at lightning speed:
“Teacher! A turtle—a super athletic turtle—on a bicycle—ran over my homework and kicked it into the next village!”
His nose: SPROING! Another long stretch.
The whole class exploded with laughter.
A classmate whispered, “Dude… you could’ve just said you forgot.”
Pinocchio hissed, “Too late! The turtle already exists in my story!”
The teacher smirked, “So the turtle rides a bicycle and does karate?”
Pinocchio nodded too confidently.
SPROING!
Now he could touch the whiteboard without walking to the front.
🚧 CHAPTER THREE — Nose Problem: Level 9000
During break, Pinocchio tried to walk outside—
and immediately got stuck in the hallway.
His nose was blocking the traffic like a wooden barrier.
Classmate A:
“Bro… your nose is literally a speed bump.”
Classmate B:
“Should we put a sign on it? ‘Caution: Long Object’?”
Classmate C:
“No, no—let’s use it for the pole vault competition!”
Pinocchio wailed,
“Guys, stop! DON’T USE MY FACE AS SPORTS EQUIPMENT!”
His nose grew slightly again.
Pinocchio pointed angrily,
“HEY! I DIDN’T LIE!”
His nose silently replied:
“You said you weren’t upset.”
Pinocchio: “WHAT?! THAT COUNTS?!”
🐴 CHAPTER FOUR — Running Away from Everything
Feeling embarrassed, Pinocchio ran away from school.
That’s when he met two very suspicious boys.
Boy 1:
“Hey, kid! Wanna go to ‘No Homework Land’?”
Boy 2:
“You look perfect for it! Your nose is basically a slide already!”
Pinocchio gasped.
“No homework? Ever?”
“Ever,” they said.
Pinocchio followed them—
and within three minutes, his ears started growing.
“AHHH! WHAT’S HAPPENING TO MY HEAD?!”
Boy 1 grinned,
“It means you’re turning into a donkey!”
Pinocchio sprinted away screaming,
“I DON’T WANT TO BE A DONKEY! I CAN’T EVEN EAT HAY! I’M A PICKY EATER!”
He ran and ran until his wooden legs felt like noodles.
💛 CHAPTER FIVE — The Warm Hug
Just when he wanted to cry,
he heard a familiar voice in the distance.
“Pinocchio! Pinocchio! Where are you?”
It was Geppetto.
Pinocchio hesitated,
worried his dad would be angry.
But Geppetto sounded scared, not mad.
So Pinocchio peeked out from behind a tree.
“Dad… I’m here.”
Geppetto rushed over and hugged him tightly.
“Son! I thought something terrible happened.”
Pinocchio sniffled,
“I… I was scared to tell you the truth.
I forgot my homework,
my nose went crazy,
and I almost turned into a donkey.”
Geppetto laughed gently.
“Oh, my silly boy.
I don’t want perfection.
I want honesty—
and you, safe and sound.”
Pinocchio whispered,
“So… can I tell the truth now?”
Geppetto nodded.
Pinocchio said,
“I’m sorry. I lied because I didn’t want you to think I’m a failure.”
And then—
SHLOOP!
His nose shrank back to normal size.
Pinocchio gasped,
“It worked!”
Geppetto smiled,
“That’s because being honest is brave.”
🌈 A Little Lesson
From that day on, Pinocchio sometimes told tiny lies.
Like:
“I cleaned my room!”
He just kicked everything under the bed.
“I studied!”
He looked at the book once.
But whenever he told the truth,
his heart felt lighter—
and he never had to worry about poking anyone with his face.
And the best part?
He learned that telling the truth
doesn’t make people love you less.
It just makes things easier.
