I thought I had already reviewed this childhood memory. Certain I had.
Standout characters were the gentle dog, the wise ox and the discriminated pigs.
Most of the animals, the cow, the goat, they were hateful and hostile, reflective of the times.
They didn't want to share their manger with humans. They didn't want to share their manger with the pigs. Pigs were disgusting.
It seems the pigs spent much of the cartoon trying to peer over the gate to see what was happening with the humans and the birth.
After the birth, the animals opinions softened.
The pigs, still struggling to see over the gate door, suddenly burst into the manger, afraid of how the other animals would react to them being there.
The other animals turned to look at the pigs, then calmly stepped aside, so the pigs could see the baby Jesus as well. Slowly the pigs approached, and they too smiled happily.
Now came the part where the animals decided they must tell humanity about the birth of Christ, and they took to the streets, yelling as loud as they could, and suddenly, one by one, each animal returned to his assuming voice.
The dog began barking, the goat began baaing, the rooster began crowing.
They all sadly made their way back to the manger.
The ox, as quickly as possible with his lumbering self, sought to summarize the events, until he too began mooing.
Effective cartoon. Deserving of the ten.
Standout characters were the gentle dog, the wise ox and the discriminated pigs.
Most of the animals, the cow, the goat, they were hateful and hostile, reflective of the times.
They didn't want to share their manger with humans. They didn't want to share their manger with the pigs. Pigs were disgusting.
It seems the pigs spent much of the cartoon trying to peer over the gate to see what was happening with the humans and the birth.
After the birth, the animals opinions softened.
The pigs, still struggling to see over the gate door, suddenly burst into the manger, afraid of how the other animals would react to them being there.
The other animals turned to look at the pigs, then calmly stepped aside, so the pigs could see the baby Jesus as well. Slowly the pigs approached, and they too smiled happily.
Now came the part where the animals decided they must tell humanity about the birth of Christ, and they took to the streets, yelling as loud as they could, and suddenly, one by one, each animal returned to his assuming voice.
The dog began barking, the goat began baaing, the rooster began crowing.
They all sadly made their way back to the manger.
The ox, as quickly as possible with his lumbering self, sought to summarize the events, until he too began mooing.
Effective cartoon. Deserving of the ten.