An Animal Cracker Tale — Dan Hayashi

This is a tale about how our childhood dreams can be crucial to developing our personal sense of creativeness. How imaginary friends expand our minds, which is the basis of invention, problem solving and all creative activities.Despite his father's fears, after seeing his son's imagination bring animal crackers to life in his mind, dad throws away his boy's animal crackers. Despite this, the boy continues pretending to interview alive miniature animals to invent stories from an animal's point of view. He shares animal crackers with other children, who carry-on their adventures after biting into them and they become real in their minds. Daydreaming, these adventures occupy two children's minds in innocent play. These magnificently wild animals bring these kid's spirits and minds alive. With their mother's active support, the children's hearts prosper with joy, after she remembers her own childhood, inspired by her fairy godmother.