[1][2][3] The Talking Cricket, who has lived in Geppetto's house for over a century, makes his first appearance in chapter IV.In chapter XIII, the Talking Cricket reappears as a ghost to Pinocchio, telling him to return home rather than keep an appointment with the Fox and the Cat (Il Gatto e la Volpe).The Talking Cricket's ghost reappears in chapter XVI, where he and his colleagues the Crow and the Owl tend to Pinocchio's injuries.The Talking Cricket makes his final appearance in chapter XXXVI, who has been resurrected and living in a house given to him by the Fairy with Turquoise Hair, where he allows Pinocchio and the ailing Geppetto to stay while Geppetto regains his health.In Florence, Italy, the birthplace of Carlo Collodi, the author, there is a traditional festival every May.