Summary
A dappled horse, whiskered cat, flop-eared dog, and scarlet-combed rooster—each discarded by masters grown deaf to their songs—converge on a moonlit crossroads where hoof, claw, paw, and talon strike the same minor chord of exile. Together they resolve to transpose their individual laments into a single raucous symphony and march toward the Hanseatic glare of Bremen, a city whose bells rumor to crown any beast loud enough to out-peal its towers. En route, their impromptu nocturnes enrage pitchforked villagers, a baroque swordfish leaping from a storybook sea, and a toy-box battalion that erupts from a child’s nightmare. Every skirmish scarifies their harmony into stranger cadences: the horse’s neigh becomes a snare drum, the cat’s purr a bassoon, the dog’s growl a brass section, the rooster’s crow a cracked trumpet. When at last they stumble upon a tumbledown cottage where moonlight pools like milk, they scare off a triad of bandits not through talon or tooth but through a fortissimo chord struck in perfect four-part discord, turning the hut into an impromptu concert hall whose rafters tremble with the joy of finally being heard. Fame, they realize, is not a distant spired city but the echo that returns when four mismatched voices dare to sing at the top of their lungs.
Synopsis
Four animal musicians consisting of a Horse, Cat, Dog, and Rooster set out on their own quest to try to find some fame by playing their own music. Unfortunately, everywhere they go, trouble occurs whether they are being chased by town folk, a swordfish, or being attacked by an army.
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