A talking piece of wood? A doll carved out of it, a doll with a long nose when it lies, a doll that is supposed to go to school but sees so many more exciting things when it has only just finished being carved. And she gets up to a lot of nonsense in the process. For over 100 years, the stories about the cheeky little puppet Pinocchio have been delighting people all over the world. It is Pinocchio's humour and innocence on the one hand and the question of what it means to be a child on the other that make this puppet with a long nose so timeless.