This is my own personal sequel to the Disney Film, I always wanted to see or read about a girl Pinocchio so I made one myself and made her his daughter. I really love as I think it's story that truly lives tot he original.
Chapter-1 The wooden Girl
It was winter time, and the little town was covered in snow. Everyone wore big heavy coats, scarfs, and ear muffs to shield themselves from the cold. In Geppetto's old house Pinocchio had just light a fire in the fireplace to warm the house. He sat in an old rocking chair that Geppetto had made with the little pink cat nesting in his lap purring as Pinocchio stroke his hand gently on her back.
"It's so quiet around here, Figy." said Pinocchio to the cat.
"I miss my father, my old friends, so many things have changed." He said thinking back to all the great adventures he had from Stromboli's puppet show, to Pleasure Island, and Monstro the whale. Pinocchio had been very lonely since Geppetto pasted away, and the only company he had was the cat.
"I wish, I wish I had a child of my own to look after, someone to take care of, and for you to play with." He said to the cat closing his eyes and rocking back and forth in the chair.
Suddenly Figaretta lifted her head up and saw something that looked like a little ball of light fluttering around the house, the cat watched it fly around and around as if it seemed to be looking for a place to rest. Then it flew over to a pile of wood next to the fireplace, and after a few circles it slowly descended into a piece of wood. The cat jumped out of Pinocchio's lap and ran over looking for the little ball of light but didn't see it anywhere, just then one of the logs started to wiggle and shake, the kitten meowed and scratched at it with it's little paws, the meows had awoken Pinocchio from his nap.
"What's the matter, Figy?" He asked seeing the cat over by the wood pile, suddenly the wooden log the cat was scratching at rolled off the pile and over to Pinocchio's feet. He bent down, picked it up and examined it more closely. It looked like an ordinary piece of pine wood like all the others, but then he heard a thumping sound like the beating of a heart inside.
"Surely this is no ordinary piece of wood." Said Pinocchio. Then he thought he heard a tiny voice from the wood and put it up to his ear, he could barely make it out but he was almost certain he heard a little voice call him "DADDY" at that moment Pinocchio knew in his heart just what he would do. He carried the log over to his father's old work table and sat the log down. Figaretta climbed up a chair, then jumped onto the table, watched, and meowed as Pinocchio got out his tools and paint.
"I'm going to make you into a beautiful marionette, so you can sing, and dance, and play just like a child." Said Pinocchio as he picked up his carving blade and went to work on his little masterpiece.
First he made the head, then the ears, and two little eyes which he painted blue. Suddenly to Pinocchio's amazement the eyes started to blink, the pupils moved around looking at around observing everything around it then look directly at it's maker.
"Well look at that, it's alive! Welcome to the world little one." Pinocchio greeted as the eyes gave him a happy little wink. Then he carved it a cute little nose that looked just like his when he was a puppet. When he finished the nose he carved a little mouth and the puppet took it first breath of air.
"Ah that's better, now I can talk, thank you daddy." A sweet little girls voice came from the puppets mouth so politely. Pinocchio was touched when he heard the little wooden girl call him her father.
"Your very welcome my dear, now hold still while I make the rest of you." Pinocchio picked her up went back to making the the lower body, as he carved her back and stomach, and painted her face the puppet girl laughed and giggled.
"What's so funny?" Pinocchio asked.
"Hahaha! That's tickles me!" She giggled, once Pinocchio was finished he sat her down and started to make a pair of arms and legs, figaretta crept over to the puppet putting up her front paws and sat on her hind legs and meowed at the her.
"Hello, what's your name?" The girl said to the little cat looking up at her like she was some kind of strange creature, but the little cat couldn't talk so it just meowed.
"Meow, That's a funny name." Said the girl.
"That's not her name sweetie, it's Figaretta, she's a cat, and you can play with her soon as I'm done." Said Pinocchio.
After he made the arms and legs he glued a head of brown hair with a long pony tail to the puppets head, then picked up his hammer and gently started to attach the limbs to the girls body.
"OUCH! Daddy that hurts!" She cried from the pain she felt as her father nailed the arms to the shoulders.
"Sorry, just hold still dear, I'm almost done." Pinocchio apologized amazed that she was able to feel pain, the girl endured the pain as her father finished attaching both the arms and legs to the body.
"There you go all done, now try them out." He told her. The girl started moving her arms and legs wiggling her fingers and toes, and everything seemed to be working fine.
"Everything's working daddy, now I can move." She said smiling and kicking her legs with joy.
"Well my dear, now that your finished I ought to give you a name." Said Pinocchio scratching his head trying to think of a name for his little wooden daughter.
"Aha! I know just the name for you, Annabelle, Annabelle Pinocchio, do you like that name?" He asked the little puppet girl.
"Annabelle? Hmm, I LOVE IT! Annabelle! Te-he!" She said laughing and clapping her hands, Pinocchio picked her up and sat her down on the hard wooden floor. Figaretta jumped down off the table and down onto the floor as well.
"Alright Annabelle try to stand and I'll teach you how to walk." said Pinocchio.
"Uh, OK."
Annabelle carefully lifted herself up, having just come to life she wasn't sure how to stand properly. Her legs wobbled like jello as she tried to straighten them but she lost her balance and fell down with the sound of wood clattering as her bottom hit the floor. Figaretta jumped back with a fright when she heard the sound the girl gave off. Pinocchio laughed a little as the girl slowly picked herself up to try again. After two more tries Annabelle was finally able to stand on her own. Pinocchio walked over held her up by her arms and showed her how to walk.
"Now one step at a time, left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot." Said Pinocchio stepping along as the little wooden girl took each little baby step bending her knees and stepping every time her father moved his feet.
After a few minutes Pinocchio let go and Annabelle started walking around the room all on her own. She was filled with joy and excitement, she ran around the house chasing poor little Figaretta over chairs, and under the tables. Then she saw the snow falling out the window and before Pinocchio knew it she was pulling the door open and running out into the street.
"Annabelle! Don't go outside it's freezing, YOUR NOT WEARING ANY CLOTHES!" Pinocchio shouted grabbing his coat and rushing out the door after her.
The way Annabelle comes to life is similar to the original collodi story, Geppetto Figaro and Cleo a no longer around and Figaretta is my own creation as well. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter and will keep reading.