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The Adventures of Pinocchio

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of The Adventures of Pinocchio is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Carlo Collodi • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison.

If the Marionette had been told to wait a day instead of twenty minutes, the time could not have seemed longer to him.

He walked impatiently to and fro and finally turned his nose toward the Field of Wonders.

And as he walked with hurried steps, his heart beat with an excited tic, tac, tic, tac, just as if it were a wall clock, and his busy brain kept thinking:

“What if, instead of a thousand, I should find two thousand?

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Chapter XIX Reading 1/12

The Adventures of Pinocchio Carlo Collodi

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Chapter XIX

Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of The Adventures of Pinocchio is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison. If the Marionette had been told to wait a day instead of twenty minutes, the time could not have seemed longer to him. He walked impatiently to and fro and finally turned his nose toward the Field of Wonders. And as he walked with hurried steps, his heart beat with an excited tic, tac, tic, tac, just as if it were a wall clock, and his busy brain kept thinking: “What if, instead of a thousand, I should find two thousand?

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of The Adventures of Pinocchio is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/12 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison.

Line 2

If the Marionette had been told to wait a day instead of twenty minutes, the time could not have seemed longer to him.

Line 3

He walked impatiently to and fro and finally turned his nose toward the Field of Wonders.

Line 4

And as he walked with hurried steps, his heart beat with an excited tic, tac, tic, tac, just as if it were a wall clock, and his busy brain kept thinking:

Line 5

“What if, instead of a thousand, I should find two thousand?

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a

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an

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and

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From this reading Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison.

as

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beat

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been

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brain

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busy

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clock

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could

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day

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excited

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Field

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finally

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find

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four

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fro

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gold

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had

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have

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He

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heart

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him

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his

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hurried

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I

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If

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impatiently

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in

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From this reading Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison.

instead

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is

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it

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just

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kept

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longer

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Marionette

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minutes

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months

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nose

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not

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of

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From this reading Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison.

pieces

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From this reading Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison.

Pinocchio

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prison

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punishment

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From this reading Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison.

robbed

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From this reading Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison.

seemed

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sentenced

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From this reading Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison.

should

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steps

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tac

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the

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thinking

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thousand

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tic

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time

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to

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From this reading Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison.

told

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toward

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From this reading He walked impatiently to and fro and finally turned his nose toward the Field of Wonders.

turned

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twenty

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two

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wait

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walked

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wall

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were

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What

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with

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Wonders

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From this reading He walked impatiently to and fro and finally turned his nose toward the Field of Wonders.

Chapter 19 of The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi holds 63 sentences, grouped into 13 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 19 of The Adventures of Pinocchio contain?

Chapter 19 holds 63 sentences of The Adventures of Pinocchio, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 19 of The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 63 sentences, grouped into 13 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.

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