Pino and his father, Gepetto, face grave danger when they are forced to go on the run after villagers learn that a puppet made by Pino to represent Gepetto's dead wife can move as Pino, himself, did before becoming a real boy.
Tells the story of the carvers and their rise from subsistence farmers to celebrated artisans. The creations of the wood-carvings range from angels, mermaids, devils, and skeletons to dogs, cats, rabbits, chickens, and nahuals or animal people.