A worthy tale from the world of Pinocchio Will her bet with Chiara finally save her from an eternity of hate and sorrow? Or will she manage to drag her sister down with her? It all comes down to whether a little wooden boy can be brave, truthful, and unselfish. But it’s not enough to overcome her pain. These conflicted feelings make her the perfect prey for the Heartless.Ĭhiara tries to help her understand and a young Geppetto tries to give her all the love and attention she could desire.

And she’s sad that her sister will be leaving her. She is jealous that Chiara was chosen in the first place. After the apprenticeship, she can choose to become a fairy! Everyone is so proud of Chiara and extremely happy for her. Agata invited her to come apprentice with her. Still, the two are very close and love each other dearly. Ilaria is the spoiled younger sister who is intensely jealous of how everyone sees Chiara. She helps everyone because she likes helping and everyone loves her for it. But that’s fine because the story of these two sisters is much more heart-wrenching.Ĭhiara is the “perfect” sister, made even more perfect because she is genuinely sweet and caring. We don’t return to Pinocchio until the very end of the book for the highly emotional ending. Most of the book is spent here, learning the story of Chiara and Ilaria, the sisters that become the Blue and Scarlet fairies. A nested story in this Disney Twisted TaleĪfter Pinocchio is used to set up the fairies and their rivalry, we leave him behind and travel back in time 40 years. The only real chance she has is to accept the Scarlet Fairy’s offer. In all honesty, the Blue Fairy is trapped in a cage of her own making. She will become mortal and forget that she was ever a fairy in the first place. The Blue Fairy knows that if they find out what she’s done they will most likely expel her from the Wishing Star. But the good fairies are very strict about the rules. The Blue Fairy could have turned down the Scarlet Fairy’s bet. But if he fails, the Blue Fairy must destroy her own heart and become one of the Heartless! If Pinocchio proves himself to be worthy in three days’ time, the Scarlet Fairy will help the Blue Fairy to change him into a real boy and she’ll recover her heart. Unless the Blue Fairy enters into a bet with her. The Scarlet Fairy threatens to tell the other fairies about what the Blue Fairy has done. Instead, she is a Heartless, someone who has destroyed their heart and now spreads misery and fear in order to harvest magical power from them. The Scarlet Fairy isn’t a true fairy like the Blue Fairy. Unfortunately for the Blue Fairy, she’s caught in the act by the Scarlet Fairy. A dangerous bet in When You Wish Upon a Star She’s sure that if Pinocchio proves himself to be a worthy boy that the other fairies will agree to help her truly grant life to him. The Blue Fairy cannot make Pinocchio a real boy, but she can bring a sort of life to his wooden form.

Even if she brings it to the fairy counsel they will deny the request.īut still, Geppetto is so very deserving that she can’t help herself. Not only is she not allowed to answer wishes in Pariva, but the gift of real life? That is magic that is beyond her. The Blue Fairy knows that she should just move on. Now he calls out to the Wishing Star, asking that the little puppet he’s created could be a real boy to call his son. He brings joy to all the children of Pariva with his amazing toys but when they go home to their families he stays in the shop by himself. She knows this so she just listens to the different wishes until one wish stops her cold. It is the night of the Wishing Star but the Blue Fairy wasn’t supposed to answer wishes in Pariva.

Lim begins by introducing us to the Blue Fairy as she covertly visits the little village of Pariva. A mostly familiar beginning for the Blue Fairy Find out what would have happened if the Blue Fairy was never supposed to fulfill Gepeto’s wish in the first place in When You Wish Upon a Star. Pinocchio and his trials are kind of peripheral to most of the story, although his fate is extremely important for the Blue Fairy. But in a really huge twist, Lim’s tale focuses on an important but often overlooked character, the Blue Fairy. In the delightfully twisted tale, When You Wish Upon a Star, from Elizabeth Lim we take another look at the story of Pinocchio.

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