NAPOLEON PINOCCHIO
The emperor with a nose who conquered imagination
In an ordinary piece of dusty plastic, an extraordinary face was hiding...
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01 — A face in plastic
NAPOLEON PINOCCHIO
The emperor with a nose who conquered imagination
In an ordinary piece of dusty plastic, an extraordinary face was hiding...
02 — He came to life!
...and suddenly he came to life! It was him — Napoleon Pinocchio!
I am Napoleon! But also Pinocchio!
Small face, great ambitions!
03 — On to Paris!
He set out to conquer the world. With a small face, but with great dreams. “Paris will be mine!”
My army behind me! On to Paris!
04 — A growing nose
But every little lie made his nose grow longer!
It wasn’t my fault! I won at Waterloo!
Our enemies are robotoids!
05 — The mirror
One night he looked into the mirror and wondered...
Who am I really? An emperor? A puppet? Or just a piece of plastic with a big imagination?
06 — Colombina
Then the good fairy Colombina appeared and said:
You are not just a puppet, Napoleon Pinocchio! You are proof that an amazing story can be hidden inside every ordinary thing — if we look at it with imagination and love.
07 — Truth and dreams
And when he stopped lying and began to dream sincerely, his nose returned to normal.
I will not lie anymore! I’d rather dream!
That is the most beautiful story!
08 — Conquering hearts
Since then, he no longer conquers countries, but hearts with imagination.
The world is full of ordinary things, waiting to turn into fairy tales!
09 — Many stories
Some see Pinocchio in him, some Napoleon, and some even Dumbo... And everyone is right!
One face — infinitely many stories!
DUMBO · NAPOLEON · PINOCCHIO
10 — Dream within a dream
...because imagination knows no boundaries, just like our dreams within a dream.
You too have a fairy-tale character hidden inside you. You only need to look a little closer!
11 — The moral
The world is full of ordinary things that can become extraordinary if we look at them with the eyes of a child, with imagination and with love.
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