This is a color short in the Silly Symphonies series produced by Disney studio. There will be spoilers ahead:
A little mouse who wants to fly like the birds does a good deed, thereby rescuing a good fairy. When granted a wish, he wishes to be able to fly. The fairy tries to dissuade him, saying mice were never meant to fly, but he's adamant that he wants to fly and so she gives him bat wings.
The middle of the short is where the little mouse learns that getting what you wish for isn't necessarily a good thing. This is a change in the essential nature of what he is, not merely "rising above his station". Had he asked to be faster or have keener eyesight, that's one thing. Neither would go against the essence of being a mouse.
Mice don't fly, they aren't designed to fly, they aren't birds or bats and they won't magically become either simply because they add wings to a mouse body. Wings can't make a mouse into a bird. This he learns the hard way. If a mouse wants to fly, he should take lessons in flying a plane.
Strong animation and well developed characterizations make this short memorable. This short is available on a number of DVDs and is well worth tracking down. Most recommended.
A little mouse who wants to fly like the birds does a good deed, thereby rescuing a good fairy. When granted a wish, he wishes to be able to fly. The fairy tries to dissuade him, saying mice were never meant to fly, but he's adamant that he wants to fly and so she gives him bat wings.
The middle of the short is where the little mouse learns that getting what you wish for isn't necessarily a good thing. This is a change in the essential nature of what he is, not merely "rising above his station". Had he asked to be faster or have keener eyesight, that's one thing. Neither would go against the essence of being a mouse.
Mice don't fly, they aren't designed to fly, they aren't birds or bats and they won't magically become either simply because they add wings to a mouse body. Wings can't make a mouse into a bird. This he learns the hard way. If a mouse wants to fly, he should take lessons in flying a plane.
Strong animation and well developed characterizations make this short memorable. This short is available on a number of DVDs and is well worth tracking down. Most recommended.