The Heart of Pinocchio

The Heart of Pinocchio: New Adventures of the Celebrated Little Puppet is by Collodi Nipote, adapted from the Italian by Virginia Watson, with drawings by J. R. Flanagan. The text tells of Pinocchio hitting out at his own image in the wardrobe mirror, which naturally was shattered to bits. Pinocchio asks himself, once he has recovered from his surprise, whether he is really so changed and whether he can indeed be changed into a real little boy or is a puppet as he always was.

The text has a parrot burst out into a crazy laugh and begin to sing in a cracked voice: Coccorito wants to know Who the glass gave such a blow. The text describes the King entering without ceremony, followed by his aide-de-camp, General Win-the-War, Major Cutemup, and a number of other officers of the garrison, Red Cross nurses, and other wounded. The text tells of a grand dinner for some French and British officers who had come on a mission to the front, for which Ciampanella had cooked one of his recipes.