after a few days, geppetto decides that pinocchio should attend school and sends him there. however, pinocchio is soon approached by a con-artist fox and cat named "honest" john and gideon as they convince him that he should live a life of fame in order to truly be a real boy, when they really want to sell him to the puppet master stromboli in exchange for wealth. jiminy, who finds pinocchio with the help of a seagull named sofia, convinces pinocchio to continue going to school. unfortunately pinocchio is thrown out of school on account of being a puppet, so he decides to go to stromboli's after all and jiminy can't stop him when john places a glass jar over him.