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The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio

Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of The Adventures of Pinocchio is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine.
When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better.
Afterwards he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer.
As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.
She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:
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The Adventures of Pinocchio

Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of The Adventures of Pinocchio is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine.
Line 2
When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better.
Line 3
Afterwards he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer.
Line 4
As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.
Line 5
She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:

All words in this reading · 63

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a

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From this reading Afterwards he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer.

Afterwards

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From this reading Afterwards he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer.

and

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From this reading When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better.

As

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

bed

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

better

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From this reading When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better.

burning

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

but

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From this reading Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine.

come

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From this reading When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better.

doctors

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

drinks

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From this reading When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better.

eats

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From this reading Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine.

Fairy

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

feels

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From this reading When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better.

fever

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

for

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From this reading When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better.

forehead

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

glass

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From this reading She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:

grows

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From this reading Afterwards he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer.

had

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

handing

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From this reading She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:

he

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From this reading When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better.

him

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From this reading When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better.

his

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From this reading Afterwards he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer.

in

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From this reading Afterwards he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer.

into

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From this reading She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:

it

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From this reading She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:

left

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

lie

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From this reading Afterwards he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer.

longer

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From this reading Afterwards he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer.

lovingly

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From this reading She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:

Marionette

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From this reading She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:

medicine

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From this reading Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine.

nose

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From this reading Afterwards he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer.

noticed

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

of

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From this reading She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:

on

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

Pinocchio

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From this reading Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine.

Pinocchio's

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

powder

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From this reading She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:

punishment

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From this reading Afterwards he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer.

put

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From this reading She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:

refuses

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From this reading Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine.

room

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

said

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From this reading She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:

She

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From this reading She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:

soon

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

sugar

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From this reading Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine.

take

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From this reading Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine.

tells

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From this reading Afterwards he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer.

that

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

the

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From this reading When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better.

three

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

to

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From this reading Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine.

took

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From this reading She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:

touching

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

undertakers

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From this reading When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better.

was

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

water

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From this reading She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:

went

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

When

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From this reading When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better.

white

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From this reading She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him:

with

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From this reading As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.

Chapter 17 of The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi holds 110 sentences, grouped into 22 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 17 of The Adventures of Pinocchio contain?

Chapter 17 holds 110 sentences of The Adventures of Pinocchio, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 17 of The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 110 sentences, grouped into 22 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 17 of The Adventures of Pinocchio?

Work through the 22 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 22 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 17 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 17 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of The Adventures of Pinocchio?

Yes. All 3087 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #500 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #500, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Adventures of Pinocchio take to read?

About 257 minutes of reading across 618 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Adventures of Pinocchio

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Adventures of Pinocchio, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Happened
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Adventures of Pinocchio; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Mastro
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Adventures of Pinocchio; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Cherry
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Carpenter
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