macmillan: animation

This is probably delving into realms a little to sophisticated when dealing with a picture book, but it's too wonderful a find not to share. When legendary cartoonist Gene Deitch, of Tom and Jerry fame, teamed up with pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist, playwright and children's book author Jules Feiffer, what you get is Munro. Based of Feiffer's collection Passionella and Other Stories, Munro won the 1960 academy award for best animated short.

It is the official policy of the army not to draft men of four, ergo you cannot be four, ergo you only think you're four, go on sick call.

A malingerer, eh? Bucking for a psycho-discharge are you? I've handled your type before!

found via We Love You So