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The Cocker Spaniel

1999 (estimated) Il Grande Libro della Natura

Series title: The Great Book Of Nature

Studio
Mondo TV SPA

Synopsis

The episode begins with a wolf hunting a cocker spaniel and a piglet. The two friends are lucky: the wolf gets a thorn in its paw, and is forced to give up the hunt. After this dangerous incident, the cocker spaniel tries to persuade the piglet to do some training in order to be quicker. But the piglet goes about eating and eating, and so grows fatter and fatter. One day, the wolf finds the piglet sleeping, but in the nick of the time, the piglet is saved by the cocker spaniel, who incidentally happens to be very good at martial arts.

Characters

Bear, Ron Ron the Bee, Cat, Dog, Goat, Monkey, Fox, Cocker Spaniel

Credits

Music

Music
John Sposìto

Production notes

This series is largely composed of segmented episodes hosted by a bear, and each of these features one or more creatures. One can learn about a creature's life and habits during a question-and-answer session at the end of each episode. This brief educational section covers the featured topic and answers typical questions, such as "Where does an animal live?", "What does it eat?", "What are its enemies?" and "How is its relationship with human beings?"

Locations featured vary from sea, land, and sky... and the creatures in question include many kinds of fish, mammals, insects and birds. On occasion, a featured animal is presented with its own name, while at other times, creatures are presented according to only their species.

Towards the end of the series, multi-segmented stories are presented with human characters in supporting roles. These episodes allow the host to introduce fantastic, imaginary animals, such as the winged horse and the dragon, and also to share information about their prominent roles in mythology. The moral of the series is that because certain animals were looked upon as gods and immortalized in the mythologies of ancient history, we should, therefore, learn to pay better attention to the animal kingdom of today, so as to improve our understanding of the world in which we dwell.