An animated adventure · about 3 minutes
The Blue Coat
Sammy decides he is the handsomest in the forest, and Grandfather Frog gently disagrees.
The episode is in the paint shop
Read the story below while the animators finish this one.
The story
- Sammy preens on the rail and demands to be admired.
- He mocks Jimmy Skunk's plain black and white.
- Grandfather Frog invites him to look into the Smiling Pool.
- The wind ruffles the water; the beautiful blue vanishes into grey.
- Grandfather Frog explains that jay blue is only a trick of the light.
- Sammy is quiet for almost a minute — a forest record.
What We Learned
Looks are borrowed light. What you do for others is the part that's really yours.
