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After his owner falls ill, a beloved toy stuffed rabbit is rescued by a fairy to be the first Easter Rabbit.
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00:27The End
00:36The End
01:01The End
01:30The Magical Hair
01:31That Rabbit
01:50There's That Rabbit
01:52He stirs his garden to attend
01:55Our cottontail friend
01:58That Rabbit
01:59That Rabbit
02:01That Rabbit
02:12See that little guy with the sprig of holly in his stuffed paws?
02:17That's one special rabbit, though I admit he may not look like it right now.
02:22He was a Christmas present for a little girl named Glinda.
02:27Oh, Mommy, I love him. Thank you. I love him.
02:31I'm glad, dear. You'll have to think of a name for him.
02:35I will, but for now I'll call him Stuffy.
02:39Oh, look, it snowed last night. Can I go outside now, please?
02:45Yes, dear, but be sure to bundle up.
02:50Meanwhile, in the nearby woods, a trio of real live rabbits were hatching a ridiculous caper.
02:57Now, let me get this straight.
02:58We're gonna dig a long tunnel under all the carrot patches in the neighborhood while nobody's around.
03:05And when spring comes, we're gonna come back and steal the carrots from underneath.
03:12Totally undetected.
03:15We come not friends to steal your hearts, but your carrots.
03:19You've now met spats, whiskers, and flops, three of the slickest con bunnies around.
03:25Alas, my men, behold that silly-looking rabbit sitting over there.
03:30Hey, look, he's strange. He hasn't got any hind legs.
03:37His odor is unsniffable. Undetectable.
03:41He ain't a rabbit at all.
03:43He isn't real.
03:45But I am real. I am. I am.
03:50Poor Stuffy. He knew he wasn't real like the other rabbits.
03:54And that made him very unhappy.
03:57But he was Linda's favorite toy, and as the months passed, so did his sadness.
04:03Because he was loved.
04:05But one day something happened that was to affect everybody's life.
04:11Little Glinda took ill.
04:13I'm afraid it's scarlet fever.
04:16Oh, dear. My poor little girl. What can I do?
04:20Well, the first thing is to burn all of the bedclothes.
04:22And, oh, yes, that old stuffed rabbit. Burn it all at once.
04:27Now, taking away a child's favorite toy is no easy matter.
04:32And how would she ever explain to little Glinda that Stuffy had to be...
04:36Well, you know, even I hate to say it.
04:41Oh, dear. It's getting late.
04:44I think I'll leave all this for burning tomorrow.
04:47Our rabbit friend thought to himself, what's the use of being loved if it all ends like this?
04:57Who are you?
04:58My name is Calliope.
05:01I take care of all the playthings that the children have loved.
05:04And when they're old or worn out, then I come and take them away with me and turn them into
05:10real.
05:11Why? Wasn't I real before?
05:14You were real to the little girl who loved you.
05:17And now you should be real to everyone.
05:20Stuffy was mystified, but he hadn't heard the most important part.
05:26Now that you are real, I have a special mission for you.
05:30You have been chosen to be the first Easter rabbit.
05:34But why me? I'm nobody.
05:37And why do we need an Easter rabbit?
05:39A good question, wouldn't you say?
05:42But Calliope had a good answer.
05:44She explained to Stuffy why all the holidays of the year needed symbols to help people remember them.
05:53Springtime needs someone to remind all the children of her special holiday.
06:02They could form the lovely habit of saying Easter's here, cause there's that rabbit.
06:15There's that rabbit, taking some blue from the sky.
06:22There's that rabbit, mixing up buttercup dye.
06:30There's that rabbit, painting his green everywhere, of magical hair.
06:38There's that rabbit, there's that rabbit, helping the spring do her tricks.
06:51There's that rabbit, there's that rabbit, chiseling chocolate chicks.
06:59There's that rabbit, there's that rabbit, far from your typical jack.
07:05Each year he'll be back, that rabbit.
07:12Easter needs that bunny, like Christmas needs the tree.
07:19It's a fact, I'm sure you'll agree.
07:23Easter needs a little old me.
07:26Ha ha ha!
07:27There's that rabbit, there's that rabbit, playing his egg-rolling game.
07:35There's that rabbit, that rabbit, everyone's calling his name.
07:42There's that rabbit, there's that rabbit, Easter's his garden to tell our cottontail friend.
08:00And to begin, you must go to Easter Valley, where the golden Easter lily blooms.
08:06And it's always springtime.
08:08It's over the hills, to the west of the sun, and beyond the third mountain.
08:13But now someone will show you the way.
08:16Easter is only two weeks away, so hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry.
08:20But beware, beware of zero.
08:27But who? How?
08:29Wait, don't go.
08:31I have so many questions.
08:34Think I'll begin with a hop.
08:44He's coming around, just a nasty bump on the noggin.
08:48What's your handle, kid?
08:50My name?
08:51It's, uh, it's...
08:53Gee, I almost forgot.
08:55I'm the new Easter rabbit.
08:58Boy, he's so dilly, isn't he?
09:00And, uh, where were you hopping to so madly?
09:04I'm off to find Easter Valley, where the golden Easter lily is.
09:09And, hmm, golden Easter lily, eh?
09:13Excuse us for a moment.
09:18Since you're obviously not in the best of health, my companions and I feel it our duty to accompany you
09:25on your journey.
09:27Gee, that's great.
09:28Let's get started.
09:30Zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero.
09:32But beware of zero.
09:33What was that?
09:34Oh, nothing.
09:35Nothing at all.
09:36But it was something indeed.
09:38For the Easter rabbit had remembered Calliope's warning about zero.
09:44Bruce?
09:46Bruce?
09:48I'm coming!
09:49Oh, oh, zero!
09:53Bruce!
09:54Bruce?
09:55What have you found out about the road into Easter Valley?
09:58Did the elves know anything?
10:00Not a thing.
10:01Not a thing.
10:02I give up.
10:03You see, Zero and Bruce were in charge of keeping the North Pole nice and white.
10:09Everything was all lovely and covered with snow, except Easter Valley.
10:15Zero had never been able to find the secret road into Easter Valley, and so it stayed green all the
10:24year long.
10:25We can't give up, Bruce.
10:28We just can't.
10:29There has to be a way.
10:42Well, by the time our friends had reached the third mountain, they were totally exhausted and ready to turn back.
10:54I say, it seems that bird is indicating a direction to follow.
10:59Well, what have we got to lose?
11:01Someone will show you the way.
11:08She's leading us away from the wall.
11:11If you ask me, we're barking up the wrong tree.
11:14What do you think, Flops?
11:15I'd say we were barking up the wrong tree.
11:27The tree.
11:28It must be hollow.
11:30Why doesn't one of us give it a try?
11:32I shall be as expeditious as possible, okay?
11:36And be quick about it, too.
11:44Hmm, if my calculations are correct, he should reach the other side just about now.
11:59Hang in there, Flops.
12:01We're coming over.
12:02Everything you could imagine was there, and one person who seemed downright out of place, Santa Claus.
12:10Just trying to be neighborly.
12:13You see, I'm all finished with my job, and I had a little spare time, so I thought I might
12:18be able to help you get started.
12:20But we'll never be able to do the job in time.
12:23There are so many boys and girls all over the world, and we only have a few weeks.
12:28Well, why not pick just one small town for a test, and then next year you can tackle them all.
12:35That's what I did first time out.
12:38Great idea, Santa.
12:39And I know just the town.
12:41Excuse me for buttoning into the festivities, Santa.
12:44But what's in it for us?
12:46Giving presents is a talent, one that the three of you have obviously never had a chance to explore.
12:54Why not try it just once, hmm?
12:57You can start by giving just a little gift of love to a child.
13:02You'll be surprised at how much you'll get back in return.
13:06You won't regret helping me, fellas.
13:08Just one thing, Santa, sir.
13:11Is he really the first Easter rabbit?
13:15Well, indeed he is, Spence.
13:18Now I must be off.
13:20Blitzen!
13:22Good luck!
13:24Good luck!
13:26Well, they've gone and done it, Bruce.
13:30Somehow they've managed to get into Easter Valley, and they're bound to find the Golden Lily.
13:37We've got to find a way in.
13:39Crafty old Zero knew one thing that no one had bothered to tell the new Easter rabbit
13:44that the Golden Easter Lily kept the valley warm and green all year long.
13:48If it were to disappear, springtime would disappear with it.
13:57There's that rabbit
14:00Playing his egg-rolling game
14:03Why so glum, chum?
14:06Oh, it's nothing.
14:07It's just that I've been thinking about little Glenda again.
14:12How is she, Doctor?
14:13She's sleeping now.
14:14She's going to be just fine.
14:16Oh, thank you, Doctor.
14:17That's the best thing I could hear.
14:20Oh, I forgot.
14:21She seems to be mumbling something about somebody called Stuff or Stuffy or something.
14:28Oh, he was her favorite toy.
14:30A silly old stuffed rabbit.
14:32Oh, well, I'm sure she'll forget about it in a few days.
14:36Now, you spend a little time looking after yourself for a change.
14:41Goodbye, Doctor, and thank you.
14:46Stuffie, oh, Stuffie, you've come back, you've come back.
14:52Linda, what are you doing out of bed?
14:55And what was that noise I heard in here?
14:58Oh, Mother, it was Stuffie.
15:00He came back, he came back.
15:02And he was really real.
15:03And there's going to be a parade and everything on Easter Sunday.
15:08Come now, dear.
15:09Let's get back into bed.
15:11And I'm going to wear my new pink dress and my new straw bonnet that you got me.
15:17Mother, all of my clothes.
15:20Where are they?
15:22Glenda's mother had no choice but to tell her the truth.
15:26Don't cry, Mother.
15:28Who needs silly old parades anyway?
15:31Oh, darling.
15:49It's that tree down there.
15:50It must be hollow.
15:51Oh, oh, oh, that's the way in the Easter Valley.
15:55I'm sure of it.
15:56Excellent, Bruce.
15:58Excellent.
16:00Tomorrow, Bruce.
16:02Tomorrow will be the end.
16:05The end of Easter Valley.
16:17Well, the next day was Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday.
16:21I think we shall have a white Easter, if my eyes do not deceive me.
16:27A white what?
16:28Hey, look.
16:29It's beginning to snow.
16:31Yeah, it's really coming down.
16:45Now, now I've got it all.
16:50The valley and the golden lily are mine.
16:54Gee, Zero, are you just going to leave them snowed in like that?
16:58They may never get out.
17:00Bruce, who cares?
17:04Let them all freeze for all I care.
17:09Bruce was beginning to have second thoughts about what they had done.
17:15Bruce decided there was only one thing left for him to do.
17:20So he rolled, getting fatter by the minute.
17:27It's as if someone out there doesn't like us.
17:31Oh, it's stuck.
17:36The snow must be up to the roof.
17:38I can't budge it an inch.
17:42Santa, Santa, I've got to speak to you.
17:47Bruce told Santa the situation and Santa knew what he had to do.
17:55Ahoy down there.
17:57Come on up, it's me, Santa Claus.
18:01Santa Claus.
18:02I know what's happening.
18:04Bring everything up the chimney and begin loading the sled.
18:08They loaded all the eggs and baskets and bonnets onto the sleigh.
18:12And just as it was getting dark, they had finished and were on their way.
18:19He came.
18:21Stuffy was here.
18:23Mother, mother, look.
18:24And there's a note with mine.
18:27It says, don't forget our date.
18:30Main Street and Fifth Avenue at 12 noon sharp.
18:34Well.
18:38Morning, Elizabeth.
18:41Why, good morning, Doctor.
18:43We didn't expect you today, being it's Easter Sunday and all.
18:47Jonathan, please.
18:49And this is not a professional call.
18:52I brought these for you and Glinda.
18:55Jonathan, you shouldn't have.
19:00Oh, it's beautiful.
19:04Can I try it on, Mother?
19:06Oh, of course.
19:06Now, hurry.
19:07The parade starts at noon.
19:09The news is all over town.
19:11But how did you know we needed...
19:13A little bird told me.
19:22Stuffie, oh, Stuffie, you're here.
19:28Never saw you look quite so pretty before.
19:37Never saw you dressed quite so lovely.
19:42What's more, I could hardly wait to keep our date
19:51This lovely Easter morning
19:55And my heart beat fast as you came through the door
20:08In my Easter bonnet
20:12With all the frills upon it
20:17I'll be the grandest lady
20:21In the Easter parade
20:28I'll be all in clover
20:31And when they look you over
20:36I'll be the proudest fellow
20:41In the Easter parade
20:49In your Easter bonnet
20:52In your Easter bonnet
20:53With all the frills upon it
20:56You'll be the grandest lady
21:00In the Easter parade
21:05I'll be all in clover
21:08And when they look you over
21:12I'll be the proudest fellow
21:16In the Easter parade
21:19On the avenue
21:22On the avenue
21:24Fifth avenue
21:26Fifth avenue
21:28The photographers will snap us
21:32And you'll find that you're in the rota gravure
21:37Oh, I could write a sonnet
21:40About your Easter bod
21:44And of the girl I'm taking
21:48To the Easter parade
21:58Bruce, you miserable roly-poly snitcher
22:02When I get my hands on you
22:05I will melt you down
22:07To a tennis ball
22:09You will do nothing
22:12I'm warning you, Zero
22:14Either you put the golden Easter lily
22:17Back in the valley
22:18So that springtime can come back
22:20Or I'm moving out of the pole
22:23I've got a good offer
22:25From the South Pole, you know
22:26And I've been considering it
22:30You'd leave me all alone here?
22:34No elves
22:35No Sunday night dinner
22:37With Mrs. Claus's home cooking
22:39And those little noodled
22:41No midnight rides with the reindeer
22:45Just me all alone here
22:48By myself
22:50By myself
22:54What good is all of this?
22:57What good is anything
22:59Without friends to share it?
23:04I'd even miss Bruce
23:06Oh
23:11Hey, who's that?
23:13Me?
23:14I'm Zero
23:15Sorry to drip and run
23:17But this weather is bad for my health
23:19Bye
23:19And oh yes
23:21Happy Easter
23:23Gee, doesn't seem like such a bad guy
23:25I wonder what all the fuss was about
23:28Well, at least this time
23:30We've got a year's start
23:31Huh, Whiskers?
23:33Right you are, GP
23:36So you found me out at the very end
23:39That's right
23:40I was stuffy
23:42Many, many years ago, that is
23:45And so the Easter lily brought eternal spring with it
23:49The chickens could lay their eggs
23:51And the world would know
23:52That next year and every year
23:55I'd be back again
23:57Happy Easter
24:26Happy Easter
24:40Happy Easter