Pinocchio (novel)

Pinocchio is the protagonist of the novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi.

He starts out as a sentient log of wood that for some reason is among Maestro Cherry's logs. Maestro Cherry, whose real name is Antonio, wants to use this log to create a leg for his table. When he wants to axe the log, it asks him not to be that tough. He doubts whether the log is actually talking and tries to plane it down and cut it, but he ends up so scared that he faints.

His friend Geppetto comes to ask a recovered Maestro Cherry to give him a log of wood so he can create a puppet. The log calls Geppetto "Polentina", since that makes Geppetto get angry; Geppetto covers his baldness with a yellow wig that resembles "Polenta", cornmeal mush. Geppetto wrongly believes Cherry called him Polentina and fights him until they have their opponent's wigs (Cherry also dons a wig, albeit a gray one). They reconcile, but Pinocchio lances over Geppetto's body. Then Geppetto and Maestro Cherry fight again, but reconcile again. Geppetto goes with the log to his poor house.

Geppetto had told his friend that he wanted to travel to the world with him to earn some bread and some wine