In the morning, the Puppet Master spoke to Pinocchio. ‘Where do you come from?’ he asked. ‘My father’s a poor old carpenter,’ said Pinocchio. ‘He sold his coat to buy me a writing book. But I sold that book to see your puppet show. I was bad, but I want to be good now. You're an interesting ... thing,’ said the Puppet Master. And brave. Here ... take these coins. Give them to your father. Now go! Quick! Or I might keep you.’ Oh! Thanks, Mr Puppet Master,’ said Pinocchio. Then he grabbed the coins and ran.

Pinocchio walked home through the town. On the way, he met the Fox brothers. ‘Hello, Pinocchio,’ said Tommy Fox. ‘What are you doing?’ ‘I’m going home,’ said Pinocchio. ‘I’ve got five coins! So I'm going to buy a new coat for my dad! And a writing book, because I need to go to school.’ ‘Forget about the coat,’ said Danny Fox. ‘Winter will be over soon.’ ‘And you don’t need school,’ said Tommy Fox. ‘You need to go into business. Listen! There's a magic field outside the town. Plant your coins there and they will grow into money trees. Each one will have a thousand coins shining in the sunlight!” ‘Wow!’ said Pinocchio.

‘But first, let’s eat,’ said Tommy Fox. And he took them to a restaurant. ‘Waiter!’ shouted Danny Fox. ‘Twenty ducks with hot cream!’ ‘and I'll have twenty chickens in hot butter!’ said Tommy Fox. ‘and you?’ the waiter asked Pinocchio. ‘Er. said Pinocchio. ‘Do you have any pears?’ ‘Not today,’ said the waiter. ‘Then just some bread and cheese for me, please,’ said Pinocchio. At the end of the meal, the Fox brothers said, ‘We're just going to wash our hands and then we'll pay the bill’ But they never came back. So Pinocchio had to pay for the meal. Then he only had one coin left.

Outside, it was dark. Pinocchio started to walk and then he saw the cricket again. ‘Pinocchiol’ said the cricket. It looked at him with bright eyes. ‘Coins don’t grow into trees!’ ‘Thaven’t got any coins!’ lied Pinocchio. And when he told this lie, his nose suddenly got longer. Just then two robbers grabbed Pinocchio. ‘Give us your money!’ they cried. ‘Thaven't got any money!’ lied Pinocchio. And his nose grew longer again. ‘What's wrong with your nose?’ said the robbers. Pinocchio hid the coin in his mouth. ‘It's in his mouth!’ shouted the robbers. They grabbed him and held him upside down. ‘Drop it, Big Nosel’ they shouted. But Pinocchio kept his mouth shut.

A kind lady came to help Pinocchio and took him to her home. ‘Hello, Pinocchio. I’m a friend and I saw it all!’ she said. ‘Those robbers were trying to steal your money,’ ‘Money?’ said Pinocchio. ‘What money?’ And his nose grew longer again! ‘They wanted your money,’ said the Kind Friend. ‘Where is it now?’ ‘Under the tree,’ lied Pinocchio. Really it was in his hand. So many Lies! Again his nose got Longer. ‘Your nose is growing,’ smiled the Friend. ‘You're Lying.’ ‘Tm not!’ said Pinocchio. And his nose grew Longer again. Suddenly Pinocchio’s nose was as Long as the bed! ‘Listen,’ said the Kind Friend. ‘Stop telling lies!’ So then he showed her his coin, and at once his nose was perfectly alright again.

‘Now don’t tell any more Lies!’ said the Friend kindly. ‘Be good, and go and find your father.’ So Pinocchio thanked her and hurried back to town. But then ... Oh no! He met the Fox brothers again! ‘AhY’ said Tommy Fox. ‘Where did you go? And where is the money?’ Pinocchio didn’t want to tell a lie so he showed them the coin. ‘Now!’ said Danny Fox. ‘Let’s plant it in the magic field’ ‘No, said Pinocchio. ‘I don’t want to’ ‘Look!’ said Tommy Fox. ‘Here’s the magic field!’ Pinocchio saw an ordinary field. ‘Come on!’ said Tommy Fox.

‘Dig a hole!’ said Tommy Fox.‘plant your coin!’ said Danny Fox. ‘Just think! Soon you'll be rich! But first you need to water that coin! So go and fetch some water. Pinocchio fetched some water and came back. He waited and waited, but nothing happened. Then he saw the cricket again. The cricket looked at him and said, ‘Pinocchio! They took your money!” Then Pinocchio looked in the hole and saw that it was empty.

Tt was the middle of the night. Pinocchio ran up the road. He wanted to find the Kind Friend again and speak to her. But Pinocchio couldn’t find the Kind Friend’s cottage. He could only find a big stone. And Pinocchio thought that she might be dead. So he started to cry. Suddenly, a large white bird appeared, ‘Come with me, Pinocchio!’ it said. ‘I will carry you to the sea. Your father’s looking for you. He’s in a little boat,’ So Pinocchio got on the bird’s back, and they flew away.