(Hammers three times)

Court is now in session.

Case number 491, your honor. The people versus Luca Antonio Renaldo Geppetto Baldini.

My papa! (hugs Geppetto)

It will be alright, Pinocchio.

(enraged)

There he is, your honor! That little mutilator! He ruined my cannolis! He ruined my fruit tarts!

Silence, woman!

He even ruined my grandmother's torta della nonna with the pinoli and the chocolate...

Are you done?

No, I am not done! I would... (the judge hammers loudly)

Arrest her!

(the guards attempt to grab her and her husband)

Now, I'm done. I'm done. (the bakers sit back down)

Now, since you, Geppetto, are responsible for this, uh, puppet, how do you plead?

Guilty, sir. (the crowd gasps)

You will pay twenty-thousand lira to the bakers and ten-thousand to the court.

I--I don't have it. That's--that's three years wages.

If you cannot pay, then you will go to debtors prison! (hammers hardly) Three years locked away!

Your honor! I propose the court allow me to pay the fines for this poor, impoverished peasant.

This is most generous of you, Signore Lorenzini.

Kindness is my weakness. Of course, no good deed should go without obligation, so all l ask is to keep Pinocchio in return.

Lorenzini, please, take any other puppet! l will work for you day and night the rest of my life!

Geppetto, is it just money for you? Pinocchio needs a home. All you can offer him is table scraps and cold winter nights, but with me, he will have a family.

What's a family, Papa?

My goodness, such a heartbreaking question, one no one should ever have to ask. Pinocchio, l can give you a life other little boys only dream of.

What is your decision, Geppetto? (Geppetto looks around the court room. Without any thought or feeling, he looks down at Pinocchio)

Pinocchio...

Yes, Papa?

Listen to me. You're going to go with that man now.

But I want to be with you.

I know, but you see--you see, there--there's no other choice.

You're my papa.

I can't be your papa! You're made of wood! You're not flesh! You're not a real boy! (snaps) NOW, GO! FOR EVERYONE'S GOOD!! (Pinocchio begins to tear up after hearing the harsh words from Geppetto)

Let's go, son. (Pinocchio walks down the steps and Lorenzini picks him up) Good boy. (Lorenzini carries Pinocchio out of the court room as everyone watches sadly)

I love you, Papa! (the scene cuts to Geppetto walking home)

(peeking from her window)

Geppetto... I'm sorry.

Why does everything good get thrown to the beasts? (Geppetto continues walking home as Leona sadly watches him)