In the 70 years since Author Carlo Collodi of Tuscany invented Pinocchio and told his story in Italian, children all over the world have come to know the long-nosed puppet and his kindly maker, Geppetto. His adventuresfrom the day the old woodcarver hewed him out of a log to the morning he turned into a real, live boyhave been told in 52 languages. In Italy last week, Puppet Pinocchio was going through his paces in Language No. 53: a breezy but excellent Latin.
The newest Pinocchio (Pinoculus this time) sold 6,000 copies in a month, and schoolmasters all over Italy were ordering...
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