When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better. Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine. Collodi helpfully lays the first instance out for us as a chapter heading: Many of the subsequent sections of the book involve Pinocchio doing something bad, and then lying about it. Lying is ultimately used as an analogy for all of Pinocchio's bad behavior. With a last weak 'cri-cri-cri' the poor Cricket fell from the wall, dead! But, sad to relate, my dear children, he did hit the Cricket, straight on its head. Perhaps he did not think he would strike it. Heck, minutes, maybe hours into his existence, he's already committed his first murder: It's pretty obvious from the chapter headings - not just this one, but others included - that Pinocchio's portrayed as a child who was born 'bad.' The nose plays into this. The story of Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, in which one sees that bad children do not like to be corrected by those who know more than they do. Thankfully, Collodi does a great job of pointing this out to us at every turn: Pinocchio is born dishonest, a liar in a literal sense. Pinocchio's self-portrayal to the world is already dishonest, and his inability to claim ownership over the bad he does is shown to be the central problem.

They said so much that, finally, the Carabineer ended matters by setting Pinocchio at liberty and dragging Geppetto to prison.

If we leave that poor Marionette in his hands he may tear him to pieces!' 'Geppetto looks like a good man,' added another, 'but with boys he's a real tyrant. Geppetto, no doubt, will beat him unmercifully, he is so mean and cruel!' 'I am not surprised he doesn't want to go home.

Quite literally the first thing Pinocchio does after being born is get Geppetto thrown in jail: This is both true in a symbolic way, as well as a literal way.

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