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The Adventures of Pinocchio

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of The Adventures of Pinocchio is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Carlo Collodi • Curated US English Learning Edition

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After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

Finally the wagon arrived.

It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with straw and rags.

It was drawn by twelve pair of donkeys, all of the same size, but all of different color.

Some were gray, others white, and still others a mixture of brown and black.

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The Adventures of Pinocchio

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of The Adventures of Pinocchio is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

Line 2

Finally the wagon arrived.

Line 3

It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with straw and rags.

Line 4

It was drawn by twelve pair of donkeys, all of the same size, but all of different color.

Line 5

Some were gray, others white, and still others a mixture of brown and black.

Learner Dictionary

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Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “It was drawn by twelve pair of donkeys, all of the same size, but all of different color.”

All words in this reading · 54

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a

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From this reading After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

After

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From this reading After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

all

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From this reading It was drawn by twelve pair of donkeys, all of the same size, but all of different color.

and

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From this reading After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

arrived

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From this reading Finally the wagon arrived.

awaiting

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From this reading After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

black

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From this reading Some were gray, others white, and still others a mixture of brown and black.

bound

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From this reading It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with straw and rags.

brown

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From this reading Some were gray, others white, and still others a mixture of brown and black.

but

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by

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color

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different

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donkeys

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From this reading It was drawn by twelve pair of donkeys, all of the same size, but all of different color.

drawn

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From this reading It was drawn by twelve pair of donkeys, all of the same size, but all of different color.

Finally

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From this reading Finally the wagon arrived.

finds

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fine

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From this reading After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

five

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From this reading After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

for

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From this reading It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with straw and rags.

gray

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From this reading Some were gray, others white, and still others a mixture of brown and black.

great

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From this reading After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

him

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From this reading After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

It

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From this reading It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with straw and rags.

its

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From this reading It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with straw and rags.

made

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From this reading It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with straw and rags.

mixture

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From this reading Some were gray, others white, and still others a mixture of brown and black.

months

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From this reading After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

morning

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From this reading After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

no

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From this reading It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with straw and rags.

noise

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From this reading It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with straw and rags.

of

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one

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From this reading After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

others

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From this reading Some were gray, others white, and still others a mixture of brown and black.

pair

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From this reading It was drawn by twelve pair of donkeys, all of the same size, but all of different color.

Pinocchio

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play

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From this reading After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

rags

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From this reading It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with straw and rags.

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading It was drawn by twelve pair of donkeys, all of the same size, but all of different color.

size

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From this reading It was drawn by twelve pair of donkeys, all of the same size, but all of different color.

Some

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From this reading Some were gray, others white, and still others a mixture of brown and black.

still

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From this reading Some were gray, others white, and still others a mixture of brown and black.

straw

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From this reading It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with straw and rags.

surprise

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From this reading After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

the

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From this reading Finally the wagon arrived.

twelve

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up

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From this reading After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

wagon

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From this reading Finally the wagon arrived.

wakes

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From this reading After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.

was

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From this reading It was drawn by twelve pair of donkeys, all of the same size, but all of different color.

were

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From this reading It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with straw and rags.

wheels

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From this reading It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with straw and rags.

white

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From this reading Some were gray, others white, and still others a mixture of brown and black.

with

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From this reading It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with straw and rags.

Chapter 30 of The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi holds 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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 30 of The Adventures of Pinocchio contain?

Chapter 30 holds 129 sentences of The Adventures of Pinocchio, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 30 of The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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 30 of The Adventures of Pinocchio?

Work through the 26 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 26 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 30 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 30 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?

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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.
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