A serialised classic, retold for sleep

Pinocchio, night by night.

Pinocchio, night by night. A log that laughs on a carpenter's bench, a puppet who keeps choosing the longer road, and a father waiting at the end of it. Collodi's 1883 original, retold in our own words, kept warm and told slow, for the very end of the day. Each night is a long, slow session of a chapter or three, read by a calm voice with long silences. Take them in order, or open the night that suits the evening. The nights are planned and on their way; every night below switches on the night it is ready. The story is Collodi's; every sentence here is our own.

Serialised classic

The Nights

The whole book, retold slowly for sleep. Each night switches on the night it is ready.

8 nights

Pinocchio — Night 1: The Piece of Wood That Laughed

Coming soon Night 1 — The Piece of Wood That Laughed A carpenter's log that cries out when the plane touches it, an old man carving a puppet by candlelight, and a talking cricket nobody wants to hear.

Pinocchio — Night 2: The Marionette Theatre

Coming soon Night 2 — The Marionette Theatre Feet burned away in front of the brazier, a coat sold to buy a spelling book, and a puppet show that ends in front of a very large showman.

Pinocchio — Night 3: The Fox and the Cat

Coming soon Night 3 — The Fox and the Cat Five gold pieces, a limping fox, a blind cat, a long supper at the Red Lobster, and a dark road with two shapes following along it.

Pinocchio — Night 4: The Fairy with Azure Hair

Coming soon Night 4 — The Fairy with Azure Hair A little white house in the wood, a spoonful of medicine refused, a nose that lengthens with every lie, and a field where money is said to grow.

Pinocchio — Night 5: The Island of the Busy Bees

Coming soon Night 5 — The Island of the Busy Bees A collar and a kennel by a henhouse, a pigeon crossing the open sea, and a harbour town where everybody works and one puppet decides to try.

Pinocchio — Night 6: The Coach at Midnight

Coming soon Night 6 — The Coach at Midnight A dawn walk to see a monster out in the water, a quarrel on the sand, a party promised for the morning, and a wagon drawn by twelve small donkeys.

Coming soon Night 7 — The Land of Toys Five months of holiday with no school in it, a mirror that shows two long ears, and a ring of sawdust under a circus lamp.

Coming soon Night 8 — Inside the Shark A rope, deep water, a great mouth opening in the dark, one small candle burning far inside it, and a long swim home.

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