Quote: "I thought of making myself a beautiful wooden Marionette..." by Carlo Collodi, 1883, above a small drawing of Geppetto at work. — Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

Welcome, Little One

Pictures by Charles CopelandWords by Carlo Collodi

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Geppetto sits at his bench carving Pinocchio in Charles Copeland's fine pen drawing, with Collodi's words about dreaming up a wonderful marionette that can dance, fence and turn somersaults. Collodi first told his tale of the wooden puppet who longed to become a real boy in Florence in 1883. For welcoming a new little one into the world.

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Inside, it says

I thought of making myself a beautiful wooden Marionette. It must be wonderful, one that will be able to dance, fence, and turn somersaults. Carlo Collodi, 1883

On the back

Carlo Collodi's tale of the wooden puppet / who longed to become a real boy, first told in / Florence in 1883. Charles Copeland drew these / pictures for an American edition in 1904.

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