a hobo cricket named jiminy cricket enters the home of an elderly woodcarver named geppetto, accompanied by his pet kitten figaro and pet fish cleo, and finds that he has completed work on a marionette puppet he names pinocchio. when geppetto decides to retire for the night, he makes a wish on a star. a few hours later, the star magically brings pinocchio to life and he is soon visited by the blue fairy, who tells pinocchio that if he acts brave, truthful and selfless, he can be a real boy and she also appoints jiminy the responsibility of being pinocchio's conscience to teach him right from wrong. when geppetto awakens and finds pinocchio alive, he is at first shocked, but becomes overjoyed.