(A UPON’ STAR, MAKES NO DEFERENCE WHO oS YOU ARE: WHEN YOU ap MEH UPON A erie wHoors, | MousHT | was. ALONE, YOU MUST THINK MY Une SONG Is RipIcuLous, ‘BECAUSE YOU OF COURSE ‘DON'T B8L16VE IN WISHING STARS! My NAME IS CRICKET... UIMINY. CRICKET? THE STORY I'd ABOUT TO TELL ‘YOU HAPPENED ONE NIGHT. A v men you wsy $F LOIOWT BELIEVE IN THEM elmer, UNTIL THE DAY WHEN... BUT PERHAPS IT WOULD Be BETTER IF \ inaoouce MYseLr FIRST? “THAT NIGHT, THE SKY WAS CLEAR, A PERFECT EVENING! | WAS WANDERING "THROUGH A LOVELY VILLAGE LOOKING FOR A COMFORTABLE SHELTER. yt“THE CRACKLING OF THe FIRE 1|COULD. YALL AROUND Me WERE OLD, CLOCKS, SCULPTURED MUSICAL BOXES AND ALL SORTS OF TOYS..!" "SUDDENLY, | NOTICED A PUPPET SITTING. ONA WORKBENCH. LITTLE WOODEN FIGURES: HAVE ALWAYS FASCINATED ME, $0 1 HURRIED ‘OveR FOR A CLOSER LOOK!" er can 2 TOO (CARERLL, 60."SHE'S A REAL FAIRY OR MY NME'S NOT JIMINY? IVE Lirtue upper, wane FROM INE, | GIVE YOU LiFe IS AMAZING WHAT THEY CAN 09 ‘THESE DAYS!NOW, RUN ALONG! ANO ReMeMseR, BE GOOD AND AVOIO BAD COMPANY ‘goopeim prcccti. ’ANO OBEY YOUR ELOERS! Soa ene aoe PLL Migs YOU.HEY, PINOKE! GULP! HE CAN'T HEAR ME! 50 MUCH FOR BEING & GOOD CONSCIENCE, LATE ON THE FIRST WELL... AT LEAST NOTHING ‘CAN WAPDEN TO HIM My LISTEN ‘GONG Hey, Lok! 0.9 sTRoMeo. "THe upper Mast TER 1S BACK IN TOWN oy WENE DONE SOME GOOD BUSINESS WITH HIM INTHE PAST! WHAT D9 YOU SAY IF We Have ANOTHER GOP 6 Boy YY -~~} 2) FIRST WE MUST LAY OUR HANDS ON HIM... NO. NOT Like THAT, YOU Ibior... LET Me DLE THIS... A BUT OF course, My DEAR CAT, JUST AS THE Duchess WAS SAYING Last Nich. (OH! 1AM soRRY! HOW THOUSHTLESS OF ME... 20 HOPE YOU ARE NOT Hi PooR LIM CHAP! HE MUST Way TO SCHOOL! YYOU CAN THANK FATE FOR BRINGING ME AGREEP HE'LL BE PROUD. | CAN ALREADY SEE HERE TODAY. ISN'T THAT SO, CATP YOUR NAME IN LIGHTS! PINoccHIO! eNO.PINOECHIO! ase? Te Me... YOUR Hy oP Ob Hy IMIS, HAVE YOU ‘cone TO see Me nT? LISTEN, SON, You'Re ‘SUCCUMBING TO. TEMPTATION.g a ho Y) cee IG - AN as RSMy B0¥, You were ‘SENGATIONAL ‘BRAVO! YOULL BECOME FAMOUS. WELL TOUR THe WORLD. YOU'LL EARN ME "A FORTUNE! No! No! ter me out, Bes) Your must ‘Se My FATHER! "THEM... THAT Ti real ActoR> GREAT! Iv GOING TO RUN HOME AND “TELL PAPA THis is Your HOME, MY LITTLE WOODEN’ GOLO MINE! IT WAS AN EXTRAOROINARY SUCCESS! YOU HAVE A TALENT FoR THE THEATRE, PNOCCHIO! REALLY? YOU'RE GOING TO RUN HOME, 24> ‘your FATHe2? HO, HO! You'Re MINE NOW! ANO WHEN YOU ARE ‘TOO OLD TO DANCE, ILL USE ‘YOU TO FUEL MY STOVE!PLL pRosABLY Never See MY FATHER AGAIN... AND | WANTED PINOCCHIO, WHY HAVEN'T YOU GONE To SCHOOL? (UUW... 1 WAS ON se My Way. WHEN T MET THESE ‘AWAUL MONSTERS. "THEY CHASED ME WAVING AN AXE ANC THEN THREW Me IN ABIG NT YOU SEE, PINOCCHIO, 120 ir AGA LeoRGNve you THs mMe, (ONE LIE LEADS To ANOTHER ANO = ‘BUT IF YOU BREAK YouR GROWS BIGGER AND BIGGER Sve Mel PROMISE, YOU'LL NEVER Dust ike vouR Nose! BEA REAL LITTLE BO!Lars Go, pINOKE! HURRY UP! We HAVE ALONG ROAD "AHEAD OF US!HALAL suars Waar ILCALL'A SATISeACTORY BUSINESS DzAL! LETS DRINK 70 it, EVEN FUNNIER IS THE FACT THAT THE LITTLE IDIOT THINKS: [AT A NEARBY TABLE, AN OLD MAN IS ‘WERE HIS FRIENDS! HOW WOULD YOU TWO LIKE TO PLEASE JOIN ME, GENTLEMEN, MAKE A LOT OF MONEY THAVE A PROPOSITION Ho! Hu! werne TO MAKE! READY TO LISTEN. eur oF couRse EveRy- THING DEPENDS ON WHAT ‘YOU HAVE TO OFFER!24, NOBODY IN VM LOOKING FOR SOME CHILDREN, neoLARe > YOUNG TeARAWAys LAZY, PARTICULAR! LETS. YOUNS TEARAWAYS LAZY ‘SEE. M_sisosecienr recs NOW ENOUGH OF THIS (Ove cuarrea, Irs TIME “TO PUT OUR PLAN INTO ACTION! "THis Is I ‘A COACH WILL LEAVE FROM THE CROSSROADS: ‘AT MIDNIGHT! YOU'LL FIND Me ON II?128 He IS AGAIN, THE LITTLE FOOL! IVE OF vane THis He OF My NAME TENT FOXL wnasrs aon, pINoccwior youn SRN WERE. ‘30 PALE, YOU Look You wuat SURELY Be le. SO aaNNe NE 1 YOUNS MAN DON'T YOUP NO, | WAS HAVING A RACE WT GIMinty AND 1 TIRED. - OH, DEAR! LISTEN TO THat TeRRIOLe NOISE INHIS CHEST. LOON'T WANT TO ALARM YOU BUT IF YOU DON'T Ger ‘SOME REST STRAIGHT AWAY YOU WON'T 88 SEEING ‘YOUR SCHOOL... OR YOUR FATHER AGAIN!LET'S SEE NOW... A SHORT STAY ON ‘THE WONDERFUL ENCHANTED ISLAND ‘AND YOU WiLL RECOVER ‘COMPLETELY! REALLY, WHAT oat OF PLACE isn DON'T THANK US, YOUR. HEALTH Comes FiReT. THE ‘CONCH LEAVES AT MIDNIGHT. OH, No! come BACK! THeviRe LEADING You I'S A CHILOREN'S PARADISE, COUGHNUTS AND Uoitipops Seow ON TREE, 1 Ber YOu, PIN WHERE loKe... HEY, ‘ane YourTHAT COs im "THe DONKEYS LOOK SO SAP | 0S PS i ahs20 You THINK, Ire ALLoweDP ' Pips Grew on reese 7 (Waar 2B vou pescr? TS Is PARADISE! iC: 2 SSN7T CHERRY PIES AND SUGARED FRUITS, ALL ON THE SAME ‘TREE! YUMMY! LEMONADE OUNTAIN INCREDIBLE! LED BY HIS NEW FRIEND, PINOCCHIO GOES FROM TONE LOVELY SURPRIGE TO ANOTHER... Ses, We HS i UA Nd 7MLL EVEN sHow YOU THe WAY OUT!<. ANO REMEWaER, YOU'RE NOT CHILOREN ‘ANYMORE, BUT DONKEYS!eae ee owroueane | | decane COME ON, PERHAPS WE CAN GET ‘OUT oF Hee BeroRe olsasTeR Sraikes COMPLETELY!rea INTO DONKEYS, ‘COME ON, QUICKLY? ‘STOP THEM! come Back! OL IVE BEEN! YES) YOU ONLY WANT TO TIStEN To YOUR CON- Foc FO ListeNeo To 7 aNE 1S EMPTY! ‘ONE HERE! 1S ALL My FAULT! HE'S Leer BECAUSE TLETHIM DOWN BABA IM COMING!00 You ReaLize WHAT I KNOW, UMINY, BUT YOU'RE TAKING ON? THIS MUST SAVE PADA! IF ONLY WE WHALZ'S A MoNsteR! THey ) KNEW WHERE TO FIND SAY IT SWALLOWS: "THis MONSTER! "WHOLE SHIPS! : iy PREY RE BREA Te "TROUBLE, | WON'T GO BACK UP vi ‘OUTHIM? MEANWHILE, NOT FAR Avy THE Pi GREAT TERROR OF THE DEEP IS. vy J: SLEEENG PEACHULT - EHE'S HUNGRY THAT'S ALL. He's SWALLOWED. waar HiT MEP We Neeo THis. coveH/ 10 wae HIM SNEEZE! os = eS = eNEARLY Misses ‘THe BOAT! | THOUGHT WE'D NEVER GET out! INE SWALLOWED SOME SALTY ‘TER, | FEEL ILL. WATCH OUT! OH, Yes, YOu WiLL Make fr; You Must.y ADA, IM ALIVE! YM REAL BOY OF FLESH ‘AND BLOCO! ee 2, Nosopy Negos Me ANYMORE. THINK I'S ‘TIME | Hif THE ROAD!WHEN | WISH UDON A STAR, MY DREAMS COME TRUE.