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The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of The Adventures of Pinocchio is here in full — 60 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark.
In the morning, bright and early, Pinocchio started for school.
Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom!
They laughed until they cried.
Everyone played tricks on him.
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The Adventures of Pinocchio

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of The Adventures of Pinocchio is here in full — 60 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1
Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark.
Line 2
In the morning, bright and early, Pinocchio started for school.
Line 3
Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom!
Line 4
They laughed until they cried.
Line 5
Everyone played tricks on him.

All words in this reading · 38

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom!

and

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From this reading In the morning, bright and early, Pinocchio started for school.

boys

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From this reading Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom!

bright

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From this reading In the morning, bright and early, Pinocchio started for school.

classroom

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From this reading Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom!

cried

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From this reading They laughed until they cried.

early

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From this reading In the morning, bright and early, Pinocchio started for school.

enter

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From this reading Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom!

Everyone

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From this reading Everyone played tricks on him.

for

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From this reading In the morning, bright and early, Pinocchio started for school.

friends

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From this reading Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark.

goes

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From this reading Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark.

him

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From this reading Everyone played tricks on him.

his

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From this reading Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark.

Imagine

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From this reading Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom!

In

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From this reading In the morning, bright and early, Pinocchio started for school.

laughed

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From this reading They laughed until they cried.

Marionette

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From this reading Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom!

morning

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From this reading In the morning, bright and early, Pinocchio started for school.

on

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From this reading Everyone played tricks on him.

Pinocchio

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From this reading Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark.

played

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From this reading Everyone played tricks on him.

said

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From this reading Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom!

saw

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From this reading Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom!

school

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From this reading In the morning, bright and early, Pinocchio started for school.

seashore

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark.

see

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From this reading Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark.

Shark

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From this reading Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark.

started

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From this reading In the morning, bright and early, Pinocchio started for school.

Terrible

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From this reading Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark.

the

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From this reading Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark.

they

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From this reading Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom!

to

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From this reading Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark.

tricks

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From this reading Everyone played tricks on him.

until

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From this reading They laughed until they cried.

what

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From this reading Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom!

when

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From this reading Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom!

with

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From this reading Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark.

Chapter 26 of The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi holds 60 sentences, grouped into 12 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 26 of The Adventures of Pinocchio contain?

Chapter 26 holds 60 sentences of The Adventures of Pinocchio, unabridged, divided into 12 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 26 of The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 60 sentences, grouped into 12 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 26 of The Adventures of Pinocchio?

Work through the 12 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 12 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 26 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 26 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.

Questions about reading The Adventures of Pinocchio

Common questions about reading The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi on this page, its source edition and its audio.

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.

Which edition of The Adventures of Pinocchio is used?

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.

How to read The Adventures of Pinocchio section by section

How to work through The Adventures of Pinocchio section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 35 chapters of The Adventures of Pinocchio to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

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
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.
Carpenter
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.