@horrordna@social.horrorhub.club in the original (written by a satirist who hated contemporary 19thC Italian literature for children), the cricket was the middle class adult voice, teaching the peasant child about morality. He got immediately squashed by Pinnochio throwing a shoe at him, and died. I feel like that is missing in a lot of versions, but this guy looks like he SHOULD be squashed...! Excited for this tbh