Do today's children still learn what a "marionette" is? The beloved story of Pinocchio may represent a last lingering picture of a world not dominated by plastic or electronic toys. Pinocchio is a puppet made from a piece of wood that curiously could talk even before being carved. A wooden-head he starts and a wooden-head he stays—until after years of misadventures caused by his laziness and failure to keep promises he finally learns to care about his family—and then he becomes a real boy.