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Little Hiawatha
UNITED STATES · 1937

Little Hiawatha

David Hand
childhood adventure hunting mishap animal compassion comedy of errors nature encounters
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Synopsis

The "fearless warrior" of the poem is a very small child whose pants keep falling down. He tries to shoot a grasshopper with his arrow, but the grasshopper spits in his eye. He tries to shoot a bunny rabbit, but the rabbit is too cute and pathetic. He tracks a bear, and runs after its cub and right into the mother. But the rest of the animals, thankful for him saving the rabbit, come to his rescue.

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