Pinocchio Script - Scenes 3 and 4
SCENE #3
WHILE WALKING HOME
Pinocchio
(singing to himself)
Step to the left
Step to the right
Spin halfway around and then
Step into the...
Tort
Hey, there he is, just the man we wanted to see.
Rav
A fine young specimen if ever there was one.
Mac
A chip off the old block, I'd say.
Tort
A limb off the old oak tree is more like it
Pinocchio
What do you guys want?
Tort
We want to do a little negotiating, see.
Rav
Yeah, we're the leaders of the gang.
Pinocchio
The Deli Rats?
Tort
Hey, the kid's heard of us.
Mac
Looks like we got ourselves a reputationism.
Tort
Now, look, we're holding a round table
discussion, see, and we need you
TO BE OUR PANEL! (laughter)
Rav
No, get this. We're going on a cruise, right.
And we need Pinocchio TO BE THE LOG. (laughter)
Mac
Wait. What do you call Pinocchio when you
drop him in the lake?
Tort and Rav
What do you call him?
Mac
BOB! (Laughter)
Pinocchio
I'm not interested.
I'm taking these books home to Geppetto.
Tort
Listen to him boys.
He's being a STICK IN THE MUD! (laughter)
Rav
Taking his books home to Papa.
He'll probably start studying them too.
Mac
That makes Pinocchio
the BOARD OF EDUCATION! (laughter)
Tort
Seriously, Pinocch-. You knocked everyone's
socks off today in school, and we would be
proud to have you in our gang.
Rav
We're even thinking of expanding.
Maybe you could START A NEW BRANCH!
(laughter as the boys leave)
(sounds of a traveling circus are heard as
clowns and a circus manager enter)
Circus Manager
Free Tickets! Free Tickets!
On sale now, get `em while they're hot.
A ticket for you, sir?
Ma'am, a ticket?
Oh, well what have we here?
Pinocchio
Why are you looking at me like that?
Circus Manager
He even talks!
Come here, boy. I need a better look...
You really are... you're made of wood, aren't you?
Pinocchio
That's right, sir.
But I'm out to prove I have a heart
as good as gold.
Circus Manager
Gold. Now you're talking.
We're talking GOLD like you can't even imagine.
People would come from miles around to see...
Listen here, Sonny. How would you like to see
the world? Go places, learn things.
Pinocchio
I'm already learning things.
Circus Manager
No, I mean big things. Not things you can learn in books.
I'm talking cities, and other countries, and cultures...
and the food. My boy, have you ever tasted true lasagna?
Pinocchio
No, but I've met her. She's very nice.
Circus Manager
Huh? What did you say?
Pinocchio
I said I've met her. In fact, that's where I'm going
now. To see my friends Liz Ahnia, and Rigoletto,
and Souffle, and Mozzarella.
Circus Manager
Well, ha, ha, ha, don't let me stop you.
Better run along. There that's good.
It's a strange world, I tell you. He's a walking
nightstand, and his friends read like the menu
from a pizzeria!
Yo, on with the show.
Free tickets! Free tickets for all.
A ticket for you , sir?
You, Ma'am?
Free tickets! Free tickets for all!
(voice fades out as circus manager and clowns exit)
(Marionette music begins and marionettes enter.
This catches Pinocchio's attention. He puts down
his books to watch, joins in the dance, and winds up
being the lead dancer before it ends.)
Song 4 - STRINGER!
Solo 1
Take the time to listen
While we sing our song
See what you've been missin'
Here's where you belong
Solo 2
This is the beginning
Dare to take the chance
Whirling, twirling, spinning
Call your heart to dance
Stringer
Now give me an S (S)
Come on, give me a T (T)
Let me hear you say Ringer (Ringer)
Everybody say Stringer (Stringer)
Now give me an S (S)
Come on, give me a T (T)
Let me hear you say Ringer (Ringer)
Everybody say Stringer (Stringer)
Now count it out
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * 6 * 7 * 8 **
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * 6 * 7 * 8 **
Solo 3
If you have the notion
If you hear the beat
Echo that commotion
Pound it down the street
Solo 4
Now you got the movement
Now you got the style
We can see improvement
And we love your magic smile
Stringer
Now give me an S (S)
Come on, give me a T (T)
Let me hear you say Ringer (Ringer)
Everybody say Stringer (Stringer)
Now give me an S (S)
Come on, give me a T (T)
Let me hear you say Ringer (Ringer)
Everybody say Stringer (Stringer)
Now count it out
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * 6 * 7 * 8 **
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * 6 * 7 * 8 **
Everybody say STRINGER!
(STRINGER!)
(Pinocchio turns as though to leave.)
Stringer
Hey, young fellow, not so fast.
I'd like to speak with you for a moment.
Pinocchio
Who are you?
Stringer
Forget that. Who are you?
Pinocchio
I'm Pinocchio.
Stringer
Pinocchio, huh? I'm Stringer. You dance very well.
Pinocchio
Thank you, sir.
Stringer
How would you like to come with me?
I could have you dancing on stages
all over the world?
Pinocchio
Oh, I can't do that. I'm going home.
Stringer
Now listen here, young fellow.
This is a golden opportunity!
Pinocchio
But what about school?
Stringer
I'll teach you.
I was a schoolboy once myself.
Pinocchio
But my books?
Stringer
I've already got them, see.
Pinocchio
I was taking them home to Geppetto.
Stringer
Geppetto! Oh, ho, ho. I've already talked with him.
Everything's fine. He said you could come with me.
Pinocchio
When did you talk with him?
Stringer
Just now. While you were dancing.
You do like to dance, don't you?
Pinocchio
Well, sure.
Stringer
Of course you do, and I'm offering
you the chance of a lifetime.
You'll earn tons of money,
and when you bring it home
Geppetto will be so proud.
He said it's fine. So are you coming?
Pinocchio
Well... for how long?
Stringer
Oh, you'll be back in no time.
Pinocchio
Does that mean I'll be back in no time,
or does that mean
there's no time when I'll be back?
Stringer
Pinocchio, you're funny.
You also worry too much.
Trust me. I know exactly what I'm doing.
(Stringer walks away with Pinocchio
and all the marionettes.)
SCENE #4
IN THE WOODS FAR AWAY
Narrator 5
Stringer did know exactly what he was doing. He was taking
Pinocchio away for good. Poor Pinocchio. It was only his
first day out in the world, and already he'd been snatched
away by someone who didn't care at all. Days stretched into
weeks, while Stringer made money. But he never gave
Pinocchio any of it, and he never let him go home either.
Narrator 6
Pinocchio's little wooden heart longed for the friends he had
known only on the first day of his life. Months passed, and
show after show went by in town after town. Several times
Pinocchio almost ran away, but he wanted to take his books
with him, and Stringer, who knew the books meant a lot to
the boy, kept them locked in a safe place. Finally, one day,
Stringer had had enough.
Stringer
Pinocchio, I don't know what I'm going to do with you.
I give you fame and fortune, and a life most people
would die for, and here you are,
wishing you could be somewhere else.
Pinocchio
All I want to do is go back to my father,
and my friends, and school.
How come you never let me have my books?
Stringer
You are ungrateful, you know.
After all I've done for you?
Well, I'll tell you what. Here's your books. Let's go.
Pinocchio
Where?
Stringer
I'm going to teach you a lesson you'll never forget.
Narrator 7
Stringer took Pinocchio deep into the woods, and left him
there. It was the worst day Pinocchio had ever experienced.
He didn't know which way was home, who to trust, or even
where to spend the night. The sun slowly went down, the
forest grew dark, and all he could hear was the wind.
Song 5 - Lost In The World
Pinocchio
I hear the wind calling,
but that's not the sound
I want to hear - not the wind
I want to hear my name
I want to hear my father call me back again,
take me home again
Geppetto, Geppetto, there's never any answer
Where is my father? Where is my home?
With a place by the fire and a bed of my own
I'm lost in the world and I'm cold and alone
Where is my father? Where is my home?
Geppetto
I've looked for him everywhere,
but when I look for him he isn't there
I have to find him
I want to see my son
I want to hear him talk and laugh
See him walk and run
Bring him home again
Pinocchio, Pinocchio, there's never any answer
Pinocchio (Geppetto)
Where is my father? (Pinocchio)
Where is my home? (I'm looking still)
With a place by the fire (I haven't found you)
And a bed of my own (Someday I will)
I'm lost in the world and (Pinocchio)
I'm cold and alone (I've looked for you everywhere
I know to look)
Where is my father? (My little boy)
Where is my home? (I miss him so)
Geppetto... (Pinocchio...)
Geppetto... (Pinocchio...)
(Pinocchio falls asleep in the woods.
Geppetto walks sadly back to his shop.)
(The Blue Fairy finds Pinocchio in the woods.)
Blue Fairy
Pinocchio, wake up.
Pinocchio
Who.. who is it?
Blue Fairy
Someone who loves you.
Pinocchio
Someone who... oh, it's you.
Blue Fairy
I've come to help you.
But I didn't expect to find you here.
What happened?
Pinocchio
I was taken away by a bad man named Stringer.
He wanted me to dance for him
so he could have a lot of money.
Blue Fairy
How did he get you to come with him?
Did you go straight home from school like I told you?
Pinocchio
Yes, I was going straight home, just like you said,
but he grabbed me and took me away
for a long time, and locked up my books...
where are my books?...
(turns to gather them and puts on nose)
and finally he dropped me off in the cold woods.
Blue Fairy
You make it sound like it was all his fault.
Pinocchio
It was.
Blue Fairy
Turn around, Pinocchio.
You haven't told me the whole truth, have you?
Pinocchio
What do you...
Hey, what happened to my nose?
Blue Fairy
You didn't go straight home from school, did you?
Pinocchio
(hangs head)
No. I stopped to watch the marionettes.
Blue Fairy
Oh, Pinocchio. I knew it might not be so easy for you.
That's why I told you to go straight home. That's where
your friends and helpers are.
Pinocchio
Are you going to take me home now?
Blue Fairy
I'm going to take you back to the school.
That's where you got off track,
so let's go back and try again, all right?
Pinocchio
But what about my nose?
Blue Fairy
It'll have to stay that way for now.
Are you ready to come?
Pinocchio
I guess so. I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth.
I'm not sure I want anyone to see me like this.
Blue Fairy
It will be a good reminder for you.
Come, let's leave this place before
Stringer comes back.