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The Story of Little Muck

An adaptation of the 19th Century German fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff. The narrative is set in the Middle East and follows Little Muck, who is forced to leave his home after his father dies. Out of desperation, he agrees to care for a woman's many cats in exchange for food and lodging. But he grows dissatisfied and manages to escape his enslavement by stealing her magic slippers and magic cane. The slippers enable the wearer to run extremely fast, and the cane leads its owner to buried treasure. Little Muck enters the service of the king as a messenger, after he wins a race against the king's fastest runner. Rising so high in the king's favour, however, causes the king's loyal advisors to turn against Little Muck. Little Muck discovers some buried treasure in the king's garden, and attempts to buy the friendship of the king's advisors. The king grows suspicious of Little Muck's newfound wealth and he is thrown into prison for stealing from the Treasury. In order to avoid being executed, Little Muck confesses to the magic of the slippers and cane. The king confiscates these, and banishes Little Muck from the kingdom. While the exiled Little Muck is roaming the wild forests, he stumbles across some magic figs which give an enormous nose and ears to anyone who eats them. Seizing the opportunity for revenge, Little Muck adopts a disguise and brings a basket of the magic figs to the king's court, who all partake of the figs. When they realise what has happened, the king begs Little Muck to restore them to normal, but Little Muck refuses and, taking his slippers and cane with him, disappears out of the window.

The Tiger and the Tub

An adaptation of the 1841 comic poem by Francis W.N. Bayley entitled 'The New Tale of a Tub'. The narrative follows two colonial hunters as they are attacked by a tiger, but eventually manage to trap it in a large wooden barrel. The tiger's tale comes through a hole in the tub, and the hunters tie a knot in it to prevent the tiger being able to escape. Many of the slides have damage to the black tape binding. The complete set of digitised images of these slides can be seen online at http://www.slides.uni-trier.de/set/index.php?id=3005075 [accessed 06/10/2015]

The Dogs and Monks of St Bernard

An educational lecture about the role of the monks and dogs in mountain search and rescue operations at the St Bernard Pass in the Alps between Italy and Switzerland. The narrative is an account of a group of tourists who get into difficulty as a result of an avalanche. A St Bernard dog discovers a child and carries him back to the hostel on its back. Another dog leads the monks to where a woman is buried in the snow. Mother and child are reunited. The complete set of digitised images of these slides can be seen online at http://www.slides.uni-trier.de/set/index.php?id=3005013 [accessed 05/10/2015]

Puss In Boots

An adaptation of the tale of Puss in Boots, in which a miller’s son is helped to acquire a castle and the hand of a princess by his cat. Many of the slides have damage to the black tape binding.

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