Pinocchio as a donkey

"And then a scene took place which is hard to believe, but it is all too true. The Marionette and his friend, Lamp-Wick, when they saw each other both stricken by the same misfortune, instead of feeling sorrowful and ashamed, began to poke fun at each other, and after much nonsense, they ended by bursting out into hearty laughter. They laughed and laughed, and laughed again--laughed till they ached--laughed till they cried."

"They had hardly finished speaking, when both of them fell on all fours and began running and jumping around the room. As they ran, their arms turned into legs, their faces lengthened into snouts and their backs became covered with long gray hairs. This was humiliation enough, but the most horrible moment was the one in which the two poor creatures felt their tails appear. Overcome with shame and grief, they tried to cry and bemoan their fate. But what is done can't be undone! Instead of moans and cries, they burst forth into loud donkey brays, which sounded very much like, "Haw! Haw! Haw!""

There is a sense of shock played through out Grimly's illustration where as in Kirk's, only humor and friendly laughs are depicted. The crooked window, unevenness of the floor planks and also of the walls, the uneven eyes of the two characters, their exaggerated mouth with their tongues hanging out all add to the disturbing mood of the illustration. In Kirk's work, the soft hop of Lampwick, the childlike pose of Pinocchio, and even the classical fairy tale setting of a small house in the background visually illustrate the humor and the laughs of the two characters.