Be careful when you tell lies.

Carlo Lorenzini was born in Florence, the son of a cook and a servant, and spent much of his childhood in the rough streets of the city. He took the pen name of Carlo Collodi (Collodi is a small village in Tuscany) when he created Pinocchio, the puppet who wanted to be a "real boy". There are carvings, paintings and other depictions of Pinocchio all over the city. This one was on a bench outside a little shop.