Can I remind everyone of a little something here? When Regina first met August in Storybrooke, episode 1.10 I think, she said that he seemed familiar to her. Now I don’t think there was any indication of Pinocchio and the Evil Queen ever crossing paths in the Enchanted Forest, so how would he be familiar to her? I think he was the one that physically brought Henry to Regina and dropped him off. Gold orchestrated it, yes, but I highly doubt that he literally brought Henry to Regina. Seems like more of a hands-on thing than Gold would be willing to do.