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Episode Title:
A Sad Christmas Eve.Episode Description:
Everyone arrives in a village near home shortly before Christmas, though they have no money for a celebration and Pinocchio is nearly captured, he remains optimistic that he will become human soon. However Gina collapses from a high fever and Pinocchio goes to find something to help, while searching he sees the children preparing to go caroling and meets a girls who is confined to a wheelchair; the girl agrees to lend him her veil to go caroling and receive a present from the minister upon hearing that he wants to find something to help his sick friend, though she asks that he return it afterwards. Pinocchio is able to receive a gift while caroling, which he plans to sell to buy medicine, Jack and Willie also find veils and manage to receive fruit, however all three of them lose their gifts when a soldier finds them. The two animals return to the building they'd been hiding in while Pinocchio goes to return the veil and sees the soldiers burning toys in an effort to kill him. Meanwhile the local commander is taking the dolls belonging to the girl Pinocchio met earlier, despite the minister begging that she be allowed to keep them as she cannot play with the other children and they are her only playmates, when Pinocchio arrives to return the veil he lets himself be captured in exchange for the girl's dolls; however the girl cannot bear to see her first real friend be harmed and moves to save him, realising that she's standing and walking by herself. Seeing the miracle occur and the minister pray for Pinocchio's safety unnerves the commander, causing him and his soldiers to flee, the puppet also runs to see Gina. As he leaves the girl also prays for his safety while the village children gang up on the soldiers in retaliation for destroying their toys
