Telling Tales 1-5

Den här animerade serien tar de gamla traditionella berättelserna och ger dem en ny och modern tappning. Med en fantasifull handling och en ordrik dialog på engelska är filmen ett unikt hjälpmedel i språkundervisningen i engelska. Filmen har 5 avsnitt.

Anansi and Turtle
Anansi invites Turtle into her home to share a meal, but contrives to eat all the yams herself leaving Turtle hungry. Turtle returns the compliment by inviting Anansi to join him and cleverly gets his own back.

The Town Rat and the Country Rat
Parisian Town Rat misses his sweetheart, the Country Rat, so decides to go and visit her. The flies, cows and dirt are too much for him, so he invites her to come back with him to Paris. She finds the city too noisy and frightening, so they finally agree on a compromise.

The Boy and the Drum
An old man is being driven to distraction on by a boy playing his drum non-stop. Everyone he asks has a different idea of how to stop the boy from playing, but it’s not until a wise man appears on the scene and offers to help that the problem is resolved.

The Hare and the Tortoise
This classic race between the Hare and the Tortoise takes place on wheels: Hare drives a motorbike and Tortoise struggles to keep up on his skateboard.

Frau Holle
In this traditional German folk tale, the gentle Clara falls down a well and ends up in a strange land where she moves in with the wily witch, Frau Holle. She is rewarded for her help and hard work with gold, but when her lazy step-sister seeks the same experience, she’s in for a surprise.

Varje del är 5 min, totalt 25 min. Filmen har engelskt tal och valbar engelsk text.