Moti Saves the Day

Abstract

This replay of LM happens in Kerala. A group of mice find an abandoned mouse city and inhabit it, building and rebuilding. They then love and enjoy their new home. One day they become aware of a herd of elephants coming to a new watering hole. The mouse-city lies directly in the elephants' path! Moti the mouse fetches a red cloth to serve as a signal to stop the elephants. The lead elephant notices the red flag, stops, and agrees to go by a different route – but all but one of the elephants is promptly caught in the nets of some hunters as traps. Safi, the only elephant not trapped, runs to the mice to ask for help, and they immediately oblige by coming and gnawing through the nets. "Kindness is always repaid." The mice are clothed throughout in charming garb appropriate to India.