The Wise Little Hen (1934)
- Directed by
- Wilfred Jackson, Burt Gillett
- Genre
- animated cartoon
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 7 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 117 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A hen asks her neighbors to help plant corn but they pretend to be sick. After she does the work herself she teaches them a lesson about working for food.
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What happens
The Wise Little Hen is a 1934 Walt Disney produced Silly Symphonies animated short film, based on the fable The Little Red Hen. The film features the debut of Donald Duck, dancing to "The Sailor's Hornpipe". Donald and his friend Peter Pig try to avoid work by faking stomach aches until Mrs. Hen teaches them the value of labor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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