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June 15, 2005

Damn Their Eyes!

We've been having a problem with WildChild and lying. We'd been talking & talking with him about how it's very important to tell the truth, good boys always tell the truth and so on. Nothing had worked until we mentioned Pinocchio and his growing nose. WildChild was pretty impressed with the story about Pinocchio's nose grew longer and longer every time he told a lie.....so impressed that now I can ask him "Is that the truth Pinocchio?" and he will always answer truthfully. Followed quickly by an indignant "I not 'nocchio!"

We've been looking for either a Pinocchio storybook or movie to further emphasize that lying is bad, but haven't been able to find one. Today when I ran into the store for milk, I saw a Little Golden Book Pinocchio so I grabbed it without looking at it too closely.

I just now glanced at it, and realized it was the Disney version. So I read it just to make sure the basic story was still there.

No. It wasn't.

The part about his nose growing when he lies has been completely removed from the book.

I hate freaking Disney and the way they totally destroy every good children's story. I may burn the damn thing. What good is Pinocchio without the 'it's really bad to lie' part? And the worst part is that the way this version is written, the lesson kids learn is when you do things you're not supposed to, the Blue Fairy comes along and fixes everything. There are no consequences.

Not a lesson I want him to learn.

Life ain't like that.

Posted by Rita at June 15, 2005 05:55 PM

Comments

Awful!!! So, NOTHING grew when ol' Pinocchio lied? Can a revisionist cartoon be far behind?

Posted by: Jim - PRS at June 15, 2005 07:55 PM

Even worse Jim. Pinocchio doesn't lie at all in this version. He skips school and goes to Pleasure Island....but no lying. What's the point of the damn story then?

I don't get it.

Posted by: Rita [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 15, 2005 08:39 PM