Saurus Disappears

Poor Saurus is not getting any younger! When the children try to coax him into doing a "handstand," he fails and falls in a crumpled green heap! Disgusted and sore, Saurus slinks back into his lake. That night, Saurus keeps Kum and his family awake with his mournful cries, but the next day, he seems to have vanished completely. When they ask help from the Wise One, it's not good news. He tells the kids that when a saurus gets old, it goes to the Graveyard of Beasts to die, but they don't believe the old man. Following his tracks, the kids travel through deep woods, across perilous rapids, and cross a burning desert- then, to their amazement, Saurus' tracks lead them to the eeriest place that they have ever seen: the Graveyard of Beasts!

Kum-kum, Furu-furu, Chil-chil, Mochi-mochi, Aron, Butterfly, Littlerock, Bumbles, Strong Arm, The Wise One, Jumbo, Waterlily, Wildflower, Roman, Dark Eyes, Tum Tum

This TV series ran for 26 episodes.

Created by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko.

The airing of this series on British children's TV in the early 1980s was the first English-language broadcast of work by Yasuhiko. The show was a surprising success, perhaps because its hero didn't wear any pants.

This series was bought by Paramount for import to the United States, but there is no indication that it was ever televised there. The series was dubbed into English in Australia using a voice cast of Australians, along with Australian technical crew.