Pinocchio was no longer just a little wooden boy. He had become a theater star, a talented actor with a special gift: telling hilarious jokes.
Every time he went on stage, he took the opportunity to invent stories, each one crazier than the last, to the delight of his audience. In his plays, Pinocchio played unexpected roles, like that of a giant dragon. But instead of breathing fire, he said he had eaten an entire castle for lunch, that he had a fiery beard, or that he flew on a magic carpet. With each new story, his nose grew a little bigger, and the audience, laughing, took him at his word.
In another performance, he played a knight, but explained that his sword was made of chocolate and that he had fought a crocodile in space. Then, in another play, he claimed that his dragon was actually a flying fish and that he had saved a village from an invasion of giant frogs. Through his many tricks, his nose became so long that a special space had to be created in the theater to accommodate it. Audiences loved coming to see Pinocchio on stage because at each performance, he never ceased to amaze with his impossible inventions. Before long, Pinocchio became not only a theater star but also a bestselling author, writing plays and books filled with tricks.
He had found his true vocation: to make everyone dream with his incredible stories, without worrying too much about reality.
