 He joins a puppet theater and is almost eaten by the gigantic puppet master Mangiafuoco.Pinocchio lies to get out of the situation, and the puppet master gives him five gold coins.He then meets The Fox and the Cat, two crooks who trick him out of his money, telling him to plant the coins in the ground to grow a "money tree" in the Meadow of Miracles outside of Grabadimwit.