Pinocchio is a puppet with a long nose who wants to be a resl boy. From the start, he is always up to mischief - just like a real boy - and gets himself and Geppetto, his creator, into a lot of trouble. Refusing to listen to the advice og Geppetto or of the Talking Cricket, which acts as his conscience, he soon discovers that when he tells lies, his nose grows even longer. After a number of unfortunate adventures, and with the help of the Turquoise Fairy, he learns to be good and wakes up one morning as a real boy to live happily ever after with his "father" Geppetto.