They Pricked Their Ears

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Pinocchio and Candlewick laugh at each other as they watch their ears grow

They began to prick their ungainly ears.

Artist

Name:: Chiostri, Carlo
Dates:: 1863-1939
Country:: Italy

Illustration

Subject:: Humor
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Bongini, Adolfo
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Le avventure di Pinocchio
Author:: Collodi, Carlo
Publisher:: Florence: R. Bemporad & Figlio, n.d. [1902]
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Description:

Pinocchio and Candlewick laugh at each other as they watch their ears grow and turn into donkey’s ears.

The caption reads in the original Italian: Cominciarono ad ammiccarsi i loro orecchi smisuratamente cresciuti.

Caption based on M. A. Murray’s translation from The Story of a Puppet: or The Adventures of Pinocchio. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892.

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