Mother Pluto \u2013 Disney, 1936<\/strong><\/p>\nIn this \u201cSilly Symphony,\u201d directed by Wilfred Jackson, Pluto learns a lesson about the challenges and rewards of being a mother.<\/p>\n
Set in a barnyard, the short opens with a mother hen using Pluto\u2019s doghouse as her nest, hiding the eggs there. She leaves to chase a butterfly, and when Pluto returns, he lays down on the straw, only to find all of the chicks hatching underneath him. <\/p>\n
The chicks bond to Pluto as their mother, but he initially wants nothing to do with them and tries to leave, but the chicks follow. After the chicks chase a grasshopper and one of them is upset at not catching it, Pluto feels bad, and he warms up to the one chick and soon, all of them, allowing the chickens to sit, chirp, and hop around him.<\/p>\n
The mother hen returns to the doghouse and, upset at her chicks not being there, sets out to find them. She finds them with Pluto and fights to get her chicks back.<\/p>\n
Losing the battle, Pluto slinks back to his empty doghouse, where he remembers how nice his time with the chicks was, and a tear rolls down his muzzle. As he does, the chicks come into the doghouse, visiting him and ending the short on a happy note.<\/p>\n
With animation by many Disney Legends \u2013 such as Norm Ferguson and Clyde Geronimi \u2013 it\u2019s no surprise that Pluto has a great personality on display here, particularly as he bonds with the chicks and then near the conclusion when he becomes emotional.<\/p>\n
Mother Pluto<\/em> isn\u2019t just an example of the charm of many of Disney\u2019s \u201cSilly Symphony,\u201d series but with Pluto\u2019s warm connection and the hen\u2019s forceful fighting it also underlines the bond between a mother and her children.<\/p>\n
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Mother Pluto \u2013 Disney, 1936<\/strong><\/p>\n