Is It an Elephant or Not? (1978)

Original title

象不象？

Directed by

Qiang Wu, Tang Cheng

Genre

animation

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

11 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Xiaoming gets distracted at the zoo and fails to listen to his teacher's description of an elephant. Later, he tries to draw the animal from memory but ends up mixing up elephant and monkey features. His teacher helps him correct his drawing so it finally looks like an elephant.

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What happens

《象不象？》是一部中国上海美术电影制片厂制作的动画短片，根据连环画《不象“象”》改编而成。于1978年上映。 老师带领小朋友们游览动物园，在给小朋友们介绍大象的时候，一个叫小明的小朋友没有专心听讲，离开队伍去一旁看猴子杂耍。即将离开动物园时，老师要求每个人回家后画一张大象的画，第二天上交。不专心的小明没有记清大象的长相，将大象画成了身子似象、头和四肢像猴的怪物。最后，在老师的执导下，小明终于将大象画对。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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