The Flying Mouse

The Flying Mouse

NR 1934 · 9 min · ★ 6.3 · Animation

To the tune "I Would Like to Be a Bird," a young mouse fashions wings from a pair of leaves, to the great amusement of his brothers when his attempts to use them fail. When the butterfly he rescues from a spider proves to be a fairy, he wishes for wings. But his bat-like appearance doesn't fit in with either the birds or the other mice, and he finds himself friendless; even the bats make fun of him. Written by Jon Reeves

Directed by David Hand

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Cast

Dorothy Compton Mouse / Mice / Fairy (voice) (uncredited)
Purv Pullen Birds (voice) (uncredited)
Pinto Colvig Spider / Barks (voice) (uncredited)
Clarence Nash Bat (voice) (uncredited)
Gertrude Lawrence Blue Fairy / Laughing Mice (voice) (uncredited)

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