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As Pinocchio heads home to give the coins to his father, he meets a fox and a cat who convince him that if he plants his coins in the Field of Miracles, outside the city of Catchfools, then they will grow into a tree with a thousand gold coins, or perhaps two thousand.

Pinocchio heads off on a journey to Catchfools with the Cat and Fox.

On the way, they stop at the Inn of the Red Crayfish, where the Fox and Cat gorge themselves on food at Pinocchio's expense.

The fox and cat take off ahead of Pinocchio and disguise themselves as bandits while Pinocchio continues on toward Catchfools.

The ghost of the Talking Cricket appears, telling him to go home and give the coins to his father but Pinocchio ignores him.

As he passes through the forest, the disguised Cat and Fox jump out and try to rob Pinocchio, who hides the money in his mouth.

In the struggle that follows Pinocchio bites the Cat's hand off and escapes deeper into the forest where he sees a white house ahead.

Stopping to knock on the door, he is greeted by a young Fairy with Turquoise Hair, who says she is dead and waiting to be taken.

However, as he speaks to her, the bandits catch him and hang him in a tree.

After a while the Fox and Cat get tired of waiting for the marionette to suffocate and leave.