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An animated adventure · about 3 minutes

The News That Wasn't True

Sammy shouts something he only half heard, and the whole forest panics.

Sammy Jay of The Tall Pine

The episode is in the paint shop

Read the story below while the animators finish this one.

The story

  1. Sammy catches half a sentence about 'something huge by the pond'.
  2. He announces a monster from the top of the pine.
  3. The forest empties in terror; burrows are jammed; nobody sleeps.
  4. The monster is Buster Bear, having a wash.
  5. Sammy has to fly round and unsay it, house by house.
  6. Buster, gentle and baffled, is finally introduced properly.

What We Learned

Half a story travels twice as fast as a whole one — and does twice the harm.

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