Aesop's Fables

Title: Aesop's Fables
Description: 1997? Aesop's Fables. Animated cartoon CD in Chinese. Vol. 14. Jade Animation: Asia Video Publishing Company. Unknown source, cost, and date of acquisition.

Crude animation for three stories: "The Prophet"; "The Fox and the Woodcutter"; and "The Mouse and the Frog." The stories, each about 10 minutes long, expand their fables. For the first, I lose contact with the fable. The second and third are clear versions of traditional fables, though extended in Disneyesque fashion to include more exciting episodes. The second fable goes for two-thirds before arriving at the fable. How does the third make sense of the frog's ugly action? Three monkeys appear between stories; I believe I have seen them exercise that function before. This approach to cartoon presentation seems to love panning countryside in repetitive fashion.
Date: 1997?
Subject: Audio-Visual; Compact Disks; Single CDs