So I'm having a terrible time with a story that's drilled in my head, but I can't seem to figure out what it was from.
(It's one of those story's in a story thing, as in one character is telling this story to another.)
It's a variation of the Geppetto/Pinocchio story.
Basically, the story goes... Geppetto is sad that his son died years ago, so he builds a puppet to try and replace him. After a little while of the day in day out of him talking to the puppet / acting as if it were his son, the puppet is turned into a real boy by a fairy (or something). Fearing that he'll lose his son again, he hides him away in his house to keep him safe from the dangers of the outside world. However, one day he comes home to find his house in flames, causing him to burst into a panic, screaming, "My Son! My Son is in there!". But no one believes him because his son had died years before.
Anyways, that's the rough details of it... If anyone knows what this is from please let me know! (Also, I'm not sure if the puppeteer's name was actually Geppetto in the story, but that's who it's based off of.)