Walt Disney's Dumbo

by Walt Disney Company

Everyone's favorite big-eared little elephant finds his way to the skies in this uplifting Little Golden Book. With artwork from the 1940s, allof the original charm and beauty of the Disney classic can be found in this vintage book.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction, Classics, Animals, Fantasy, Media Tie In

24 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1940

About the author

Note: The decision was made to consolidate all Disney publications under the name Walt Disney Company. This profile is for Walt Disney, the characters he created, and the company he founded. Any questions, please ask in the Librarian's Group.

Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.

Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.

Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.

The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.

--from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Shirley Revill · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I was a child long,long ago this was one of my favourite stories. My children and grandchildren loved this book as much as me. The movie is magical especially through a child's eyes. Highly recommended for children big or small.

[Peregrine 12 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pure magic. I am convinced that this book was one of the very early, formative events of my life. No kidding. Thanks, Mom, for keeping me surrounded by Little Golden Books!

[💖 Gabriella 💖 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I must admit that this book kinda scared me when I was younger. I don't remember exactly why, but it did.. I should read it again, because it has probably been more then 10 years.

[Heather's Mum · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dumbo written by Helen Aberson
My big sister used to call me Dumbo because my little ears stuck straight out! (I was just as ornery with my retort calling her Purina Dog Chow.)

My dad would soothe my hurt feelings by first reading Dumbo, then the Ugly Duckling. "Now see," he would say, "how unkind words can hurt. Poor little Dumbo couldn't help how different his ears were - he was still precious and beautiful to his mommy and daddy. Someday he will grow up and look just fine. And just like the Ugly Ducking, someday you'll grow up into a beautiful swan."

My goodness... the life lessons and impact children's literature can have on the minds and hearts of our youth! Parents... read these little classics with your children and talk about what the stories really say!

[Josh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great book to teach children the importance of acceptance of character instead of appearance.

[Quetzal · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is so sad, I love it, Dumbo is one of my childhood favorite stories

[Gosia :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Świetne

[Kelly Kosinski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this little elephant ❤️

[Mary · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bored but the movie is actually good 🤧

[Bridgette · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my all-time favorite children's stories. I'm not always such a softie, but this still makes me weepy to read.

[Kaitlin Niedert · Rating 4 out of 5]

When a circus elephant is born with large ears, he is given the name Dumbo. After being taunted by kids at a show, his mother was so angry that she got locked up. Dumbo causes accidents that injure other circus animals and is dress up like a clown and has to perform dangerous stunts. Dumbo soon learns his enormous ears allow him to fly and he decides to show everyone at the circus his new talent.

[Fabri y Leo 6°B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me encantó, muy conmobedora la historia, la recomiendo mucho.

[Toni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful story about a mother's love and what can happen if people believe in you. Of course it is more magical. A fantastic read to enjoy again and again.

[Jessa-Lee Meers · Rating 5 out of 5]

My all time favourite Disney book, never gets old! Will read forever!

[Erica Henry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really cute story. I love how he was able to show the Circus what he could do, that his ears weren't a bad thing to have.

[Chaewon L · Rating 5 out of 5]

Might have cried at the end.

[Aleta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chloë got this as a Christmas present, and I read it to her and Claudia when they were supposed to be settling down for bed. They listened to it, but it did not settle them down for any longer than the time it took to read though - too wound up, might miss something... (Sorry to anyone who actually wanted a review of the book, but this is what mattered to me about the experience.)

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

You don't even need to go much beyond the copyright page to be charmed. A little mouse, leading a floppy eared elephant, is hilarious. And the red hat was darling. I could just imagine, "The acrobats, the jugglers, the tumblers, the snake charmers, scramble to their places on the train." This is another gem in childen's literature.

[Susan Bazzett-Griffith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adam says, "I liked everything about this book-- the pictures and everything else. Its about Dumbo the flying elephant and the ringmaster turned him into a clown and people were laughing at him. Dumbo didn't stay a clown. He learned to fly and became the star of the circus."

[Viktória Vojteková (The_books_hunter) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Toto je tak krásne spracovaná knižka 🥰
Je tam málo textu, takže určite vhodné aj pre žiakov od prvého ročníka a viem si to predstaviť ako prvú prečítanú knižku dieťaťa.
Krásne obrázky, ktoré dopĺňajú príbeh, ktorí poznáme z animovanej rozprávky.

[John Yelverton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the greatest stories that ever came out of the Walt Disney Company and I cannot recommend it enough to both young and old.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute tie in.

[Hope · Rating 5 out of 5]

The moral of the story is forgiveness in this edition 😍

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

WAY too many words for a Little Golden Book but it's a classic!

[Carsyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who do I read a book

[Alaina Davidson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember reading this as a kid and being so upset about Dumbo. It reminds me of my childhood when I read it.

[Matthew Bianchi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I decided not to look kinda like the too great man without the 20th century North American Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior Walter Elias Disney Productions Medici Brothers’ steamer circus train at all. He turned out to be my top favorite Dumbo character of all the Dumbo characters in Walt Disney/Walter Elias Disney’s classic, Dumbo. My top favorite character from Walt Disney/Walter Elias Disney’s classic, Dumbo turned out to be Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior the male North American 2-4-0 standard-gauge steamer tender engine locomotive that turned out to be the leader of the North American Walter Elias Disney Productions Medici Brothers’ circus train. His job was to work the railroad day shift and the railroad night shift in order to move the North American Walter Elias Disney Productions Medici Brothers’ Circus out on a journey to go run all the way from the North American Florida Winter Headquarters within the land of the North American US sunshine state, Florida to the far up north town of Joplin, Missouri within the North American United States of America North America country during the 20th century year, 1919 in the 20th century, and along the way, he went through the North American railroad train tunnels in order to go through the North American mountains and the North American hills so that he would not make crashes into the North American mountains and the North American hills, and he had to go cross the North American railroad train bridges in order to cross the North American rivers so that he would not fall down into the North American rivers below the North American railroad train bridges, and he pulled his heavy load up the big hill mountain by chanting “I think I can,” all over and all over again and he went down the big hill mountain by chanting “I thought I could,” all over and all over again when he reached the top part of the big hill mountain, and he tooted his steamer train engine locomotive whistle with happiness joy, and most of all, he gave me permission to be reminded of Tillie the female North American 4-2-4 Standard-Gauge Little Blue Switch Steamer Train Engine Locomotive from the 1930 North American folk fairytale, The Little Engine That Could, and he chugged toward his destination that turned out to be the first up north town of Joplin, Missouri that was outside the North American Florida Winter Headquarters and outside the big hill mountain when he left the big hill mountain behind, and he chugged onward and onward to the Joplin, Missouri town and he turned his baseball-cap-shaped headlight off, and he fell asleep in order to get his good night sleep as a bigger reward for pulling his heavy load over the big hill mountain when he finally got to the Joplin, Missouri town and arrived in the Joplin, Missouri town on his schedule date. Then according to my cheerful experiences with the 20th century North American Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior Walter Elias Disney Productions Medici Brothers’ steamer circus train, I decided to go run very, very, very, very, very, very faraway within a journey from Dumbo’s big ears to the 20th century North American Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior Walter Elias Disney Productions Medici Brothers’ steamer circus train when I decided to look kinda like the correct match for the 20th century North American Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior Walter Elias Disney Productions Medici Brothers’ steamer circus train in Dumbo. Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior decided to go through the North American railroad train tunnels and decided to cross the North American rivers and decided to chant “I think I can,” and “I thought I could,” over the big hill mountain when he decided to go reach his circus train destination in the North American Joplin, Missouri town. Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior decided to chant “I think I can,” and “I thought I could,” over the big hill mountain when he decided to go reach his circus train destination in the North American Joplin, Missouri town. He did it to look kinda like Tillie the female North American 4-2-4 Standard-Gauge Little Blue Switch Steamer Train Engine Locomotive from the 1930 North American folk fairytale, The Little Engine That Could on his journey from the North American Florida Winter Headquarters in the land of the North American US sunshine state, Florida to the North American Joplin, Missouri Town throughout the Casey Junior song in the 20th century year, 1919 in the 20th century within Walt Disney/Walter Elias Disney’s classic, Dumbo before long I was born in 1992 within the 20th century. That’s because the 20th century North American Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior Walter Elias Disney Productions Medici Brothers’ steamer circus train gave me permission to say that he was so biggest than Dumbo’s big ears and that he was better than Dumbo’s big ears and that he turned out to be my top favorite Dumbo character of all the Dumbo character gang and that he turned out to be my top favorite well-known main reason why I like the 20th century North American United States steamer circus trains. Despite Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior being painted black in the well-known original film, he has instead been painted a bright blue within most other material, including the Disney theme parks and the the real-live-action remake. Within the well-known original film, Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior’s eyes have visible pupils only within two scenes: when his whistle calls “All aboard,” and in the final scene, which is also the well-known only time he just also has a mouth. (The latter depiction of him can also be seen in the well-known early trailers that had been for Dumbo that was albeit without the decorations around his smokebox). The wagons that transported P.T. Flea’s Circus in A Bug’s Life were the well-known old boxes of Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior cookies. In the film, Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior does not appear to have the train engineer and the train engine fireman within his cab, so that it is unknown however he was able to move with-on his own in the first place that was unless he was a sentiment being. Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior climbed the big hill mountain when he chanted, “I think I can,” over and over again, and he chanted “I thought I could,” repeatedly on the way down. This was a direct reference to the classic children’s book The Little Engine That Could, in which the titular anthropomorphic steamer tender engine locomotive chanted these same words. In addition, Casey’s cab and firebox had their colors briefly inverted. The “Casey Junior” segment in Dumbo was possibly much longer during the film’s production. Not counting the segment featuring Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior in The Reluctant Dragon, concept artwork showed a possible deleted scene where he stops to drink water near a waterfall. Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior’s train, for some reason, seems to be constantly gaining and losing cars as he makes his journey; the well-known only time he was only ever seen with all of his cars intact is when he crossed the bridge before climbing the big hill mountain. The train that Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior pulled in the film, on the journey from the front to the back, is made deep up of a yellow passenger coach that carried the jugglers and the clowns and the talented acrobats and a flatcar with the calliope music organ and a various circus wagon and another flatcar that carried two other various circus wagons and an orange stock car that carried the circus elephants and a blue stock car that carried the monkeys and the horses and the zebra horses and the camels and another flatcar that carried the tent and its support and a light blue stock car that carried the giraffes [whose heads are clearly sticking through the roof] and one more flatcar that carried two more wagons and a pink stock car that carried the hyenas and the cool ape monkeys and the bears and the lion cats and the tiger cats and a light green stock car that carried the cool ostriches and the seals and the hippos and the kangaroos and a green passenger coach that carried the circus workmen and a numbered 2 red caboose car that carried the ringmaster. Also to be located at the end of the film, the numbered 2 red caboose car was replaced by a silver passenger coach reserved for Dumbo then Mrs. Jumbo. Within Dumbo, Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior is the 2-4-0 steamer tender engine locomotive, most likely to be part of a North American design, and numbered “8” on the North American Illinois Central Railroad and “1” with-on his own railroad, but in the 2019 real-live-action film, Dumbo, Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior appeared as the 4-4-0 North American type steamer tender engine locomotive, then numbered “41.” The 41 number on his number board is the reference to the year of the well-known original animated version of “Dumbo” which was released in 1941. Within the real-live-action remake, Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior also had the train engineer and a train engine fireman with him and he was a wood-burning steamer tender engine locomotive. His tender is too lettered Medici Brothers’ Circus but later relettered to Medici Family Circus. He was also the non-speaking character and non-anthropomorphic train, but does have the well-known inanimate face. The color schemes that Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior was wearing in the real-live-action remake turned out to be the same well-known one that he wears at the Walter Elias Disney parks and the spin-off media. Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior strongly resembles a steamer tender engine locomotive, that was built by the North American Baldwin Train Engine Locomotive Works in 1900 for the North American Old Sydney Colliery Company. It (numbered 25) worked at the Sydney, Nota-Scotia colliery until the well-known early 1960s. It was currently located on the display at Delano, Quebec Canada today. Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior also beared a considerable part amount part of resemblance to the Virginia And Truckee’s #21 “J.W. Bowker”, and even more so to the Denver And Rio Grande’s #1 “Montezuma” (despite the latter being 3-foot narrow-gauge, the point was that it had a 4-wheeler tender much like Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior’s). As the matter of fact, Ward Walrath Kimball, the North American Walter Elias Disney Studios animator picture drawing artist owned an 1881 Baldwin Mogul 2-6-0 steamer tender engine locomotive, which he ran on the Grizzly Flats Railroad, Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior is based on that particular engine. Within the real-live-action remake, Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior is based on the Pennsylvania Railroad Class D6 that was built by the PRR’s Altoona Works between 1881-1883 for the Pennsylvania Railroad. But it had the diamond stack and a shorter 6 wheeled tender, and no running board. Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior’s sound was reused to be needed for the dishes on the journey from The Sword In The Stone, during which Sir sector pushes them to be located aside violently. His well-known Walter Elias Disney feature movie films were The Reluctant Dragon and Dumbo then Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Kronk’s New Groove then The Jungle Book (2016) and Dumbo (2019). His well-known Walter Elias Disney short film was Spare The Rod. His well-known Walter Elias Disney show turned out to be Mickey Mouse. His well-known Walter Elias Disney video games were Mickey’s Racing Adventure then Walter Elias Disney Emoji Blitz. His well-known Walter Elias Disney park attractions were the Casey Jr. Circus Train and the Main Street Electrical Parade then the Casey Jr. Splash ‘N’ Soak Station and the Happiness Is Here Parade. His well-known Walter Elias Disney Studios animator picture drawing artists were Ward Walrath Kimball and Don Patterson. His well-known voices were Margaret H. Wright and Mary Frances Gifford and his well-known inspiration turned out to be Casey Jones and The Little Engine That Could. His well-known full name turned out to be Casey Jones Junior. His well-known likes turned out to be pulling the trains and the safety and his talent to be right on time then his talent to chant “I think I can,” and “I thought I could,” over the mountains and the hills in order to go reach his well-known correct destinations. His well-known dislikes had been annoying the signals and the crashes and choosing to be late then the switch points that lie down on the job. His dialogue quotes had been “ALL ABOARD! LET’S GO!” then “WOO HOO!” then “I think I can,” and “I thought I could,” and “YAHOO!” then “WHEW!” The word song lyrics to the Casey Junior song in Walter Elias Disney’s classic, Dumbo turned out to be “Casey Junior’s comin’ down the track, comin’ down the track with a smokey stack. Hear him puffin’ comin’ ‘round the hill, Casey’s here to thrill every Jack and Jill. Every time his funny little whistle sounds (Toot!-Toot!), everybody hurries to the circus grounds. Time for lemonade and cracker jack. Casey Junior’s back, Casey Junior’s back.”

[Matthew James · Rating 5 out of 5]

I decided not to look kinda like the too great man without the 20th century North American Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior Walter Elias Disney Productions Medici Brothers’ steamer circus train at all. He turned out to be my top favorite Dumbo character of all the Dumbo characters in Walt Disney/Walter Elias Disney’s classic, Dumbo. My top favorite character from Walt Disney/Walter Elias Disney’s classic, Dumbo turned out to be Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior the male North American 2-4-0 standard-gauge steamer tender engine locomotive that turned out to be the leader of the North American Walter Elias Disney Productions Medici Brothers’ circus train. His job was to work the railroad day shift and the railroad night shift in order to move the North American Walter Elias Disney Productions Medici Brothers’ Circus out on a journey to go run all the way from the North American Florida Winter Headquarters within the land of the North American US sunshine state, Florida to the far up north town of Joplin, Missouri within the North American United States of America North America country during the 20th century year, 1919 in the 20th century, and along the way, he went through the North American railroad train tunnels in order to go through the North American mountains and the North American hills so that he would not make crashes into the North American mountains and the North American hills, and he had to go cross the North American railroad train bridges in order to cross the North American rivers so that he would not fall down into the North American rivers below the North American railroad train bridges, and he pulled his heavy load up the big hill mountain by chanting “I think I can,” all over and all over again and he went down the big hill mountain by chanting “I thought I could,” all over and all over again when he reached the top part of the big hill mountain, and he tooted his steamer train engine locomotive whistle with happiness joy, and most of all, he gave me permission to be reminded of Tillie the female North American 4-2-4 Standard-Gauge Little Blue Switch Steamer Train Engine Locomotive from the 1930 North American folk fairytale, The Little Engine That Could, and he chugged toward his destination that turned out to be the first up north town of Joplin, Missouri that was outside the North American Florida Winter Headquarters and outside the big hill mountain when he left the big hill mountain behind, and he chugged onward and onward to the Joplin, Missouri town and he turned his baseball-cap-shaped headlight off, and he fell asleep in order to get his good night sleep as a bigger reward for pulling his heavy load over the big hill mountain when he finally got to the Joplin, Missouri town and arrived in the Joplin, Missouri town on his schedule date. Then according to my cheerful experiences with the 20th century North American Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior Walter Elias Disney Productions Medici Brothers’ steamer circus train, I decided to go run very, very, very, very, very, very faraway within a journey from Dumbo’s big ears to the 20th century North American Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior Walter Elias Disney Productions Medici Brothers’ steamer circus train when I decided to look kinda like the correct match for the 20th century North American Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior Walter Elias Disney Productions Medici Brothers’ steamer circus train in Dumbo. Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior decided to go through the North American railroad train tunnels and decided to cross the North American rivers and decided to chant “I think I can,” and “I thought I could,” over the big hill mountain when he decided to go reach his circus train destination in the North American Joplin, Missouri town. Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior decided to chant “I think I can,” and “I thought I could,” over the big hill mountain when he decided to go reach his circus train destination in the North American Joplin, Missouri town. He did it to look kinda like Tillie the female North American 4-2-4 Standard-Gauge Little Blue Switch Steamer Train Engine Locomotive from the 1930 North American folk fairytale, The Little Engine That Could on his journey from the North American Florida Winter Headquarters in the land of the North American US sunshine state, Florida to the North American Joplin, Missouri Town throughout the Casey Junior song in the 20th century year, 1919 in the 20th century within Walt Disney/Walter Elias Disney’s classic, Dumbo before long I was born in 1992 within the 20th century. That’s because the 20th century North American Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior Walter Elias Disney Productions Medici Brothers’ steamer circus train gave me permission to say that he was so biggest than Dumbo’s big ears and that he was better than Dumbo’s big ears and that he turned out to be my top favorite Dumbo character of all the Dumbo character gang and that he turned out to be my top favorite well-known main reason why I like the 20th century North American United States steamer circus trains. Despite Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior being painted black in the well-known original film, he has instead been painted a bright blue within most other material, including the Disney theme parks and the the real-live-action remake. Within the well-known original film, Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior’s eyes have visible pupils only within two scenes: when his whistle calls “All aboard,” and in the final scene, which is also the well-known only time he just also has a mouth. (The latter depiction of him can also be seen in the well-known early trailers that had been for Dumbo that was albeit without the decorations around his smokebox). The wagons that transported P.T. Flea’s Circus in A Bug’s Life were the well-known old boxes of Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior cookies. In the film, Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior does not appear to have the train engineer and the train engine fireman within his cab, so that it is unknown however he was able to move with-on his own in the first place that was unless he was a sentiment being. Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior climbed the big hill mountain when he chanted, “I think I can,” over and over again, and he chanted “I thought I could,” repeatedly on the way down. This was a direct reference to the classic children’s book The Little Engine That Could, in which the titular anthropomorphic steamer tender engine locomotive chanted these same words. In addition, Casey’s cab and firebox had their colors briefly inverted. The “Casey Junior” segment in Dumbo was possibly much longer during the film’s production. Not counting the segment featuring Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior in The Reluctant Dragon, concept artwork showed a possible deleted scene where he stops to drink water near a waterfall. Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior’s train, for some reason, seems to be constantly gaining and losing cars as he makes his journey; the well-known only time he was only ever seen with all of his cars intact is when he crossed the bridge before climbing the big hill mountain. The train that Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior pulled in the film, on the journey from the front to the back, is made deep up of a yellow passenger coach that carried the jugglers and the clowns and the talented acrobats and a flatcar with the calliope music organ and a various circus wagon and another flatcar that carried two other various circus wagons and an orange stock car that carried the circus elephants and a blue stock car that carried the monkeys and the horses and the zebra horses and the camels and another flatcar that carried the tent and its support and a light blue stock car that carried the giraffes [whose heads are clearly sticking through the roof] and one more flatcar that carried two more wagons and a pink stock car that carried the hyenas and the cool ape monkeys and the bears and the lion cats and the tiger cats and a light green stock car that carried the cool ostriches and the seals and the hippos and the kangaroos and a green passenger coach that carried the circus workmen and a numbered 2 red caboose car that carried the ringmaster. Also to be located at the end of the film, the numbered 2 red caboose car was replaced by a silver passenger coach reserved for Dumbo then Mrs. Jumbo. Within Dumbo, Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior is the 2-4-0 steamer tender engine locomotive, most likely to be part of a North American design, and numbered “8” on the North American Illinois Central Railroad and “1” with-on his own railroad, but in the 2019 real-live-action film, Dumbo, Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior appeared as the 4-4-0 North American type steamer tender engine locomotive, then numbered “41.” The 41 number on his number board is the reference to the year of the well-known original animated version of “Dumbo” which was released in 1941. Within the real-live-action remake, Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior also had the train engineer and a train engine fireman with him and he was a wood-burning steamer tender engine locomotive. His tender is too lettered Medici Brothers’ Circus but later relettered to Medici Family Circus. He was also the non-speaking character and non-anthropomorphic train, but does have the well-known inanimate face. The color schemes that Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior was wearing in the real-live-action remake turned out to be the same well-known one that he wears at the Walter Elias Disney parks and the spin-off media. Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior strongly resembles a steamer tender engine locomotive, that was built by the North American Baldwin Train Engine Locomotive Works in 1900 for the North American Old Sydney Colliery Company. It (numbered 25) worked at the Sydney, Nota-Scotia colliery until the well-known early 1960s. It was currently located on the display at Delano, Quebec Canada today. Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior also beared a considerable part amount part of resemblance to the Virginia And Truckee’s #21 “J.W. Bowker”, and even more so to the Denver And Rio Grande’s #1 “Montezuma” (despite the latter being 3-foot narrow-gauge, the point was that it had a 4-wheeler tender much like Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior’s). As the matter of fact, Ward Walrath Kimball, the North American Walter Elias Disney Studios animator picture drawing artist owned an 1881 Baldwin Mogul 2-6-0 steamer tender engine locomotive, which he ran on the Grizzly Flats Railroad, Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior is based on that particular engine. Within the real-live-action remake, Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior is based on the Pennsylvania Railroad Class D6 that was built by the PRR’s Altoona Works between 1881-1883 for the Pennsylvania Railroad. But it had the diamond stack and a shorter 6 wheeled tender, and no running board. Casey Junior/Casey Jones Junior’s sound was reused to be needed for the dishes on the journey from The Sword In The Stone, during which Sir sector pushes them to be located aside violently. His well-known Walter Elias Disney feature movie films were The Reluctant Dragon and Dumbo then Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Kronk’s New Groove then The Jungle Book (2016) and Dumbo (2019). His well-known Walter Elias Disney short film was Spare The Rod. His well-known Walter Elias Disney show turned out to be Mickey Mouse. His well-known Walter Elias Disney video games were Mickey’s Racing Adventure then Walter Elias Disney Emoji Blitz. His well-known Walter Elias Disney park attractions were the Casey Jr. Circus Train and the Main Street Electrical Parade then the Casey Jr. Splash ‘N’ Soak Station and the Happiness Is Here Parade. His well-known Walter Elias Disney Studios animator picture drawing artists were Ward Walrath Kimball and Don Patterson. His well-known voices were Margaret H. Wright and Mary Frances Gifford and his well-known inspiration turned out to be Casey Jones and The Little Engine That Could. His well-known full name turned out to be Casey Jones Junior. His well-known likes turned out to be pulling the trains and the safety and his talent to be right on time then his talent to chant “I think I can,” and “I thought I could,” over the mountains and the hills in order to go reach his well-known correct destinations. His well-known dislikes had been annoying the signals and the crashes and choosing to be late then the switch points that lie down on the job. His dialogue quotes had been “ALL ABOARD! LET’S GO!” then “WOO HOO!” then “I think I can,” and “I thought I could,” and “YAHOO!” then “WHEW!” The word song lyrics to the Casey Junior song in Walter Elias Disney’s classic, Dumbo turned out to be “Casey Junior’s comin’ down the track, comin’ down the track with a smokey stack. Hear him puffin’ comin’ ‘round the hill, Casey’s here to thrill every Jack and Jill. Every time his funny little whistle sounds (Toot!-Toot!), everybody hurries to the circus grounds. Time for lemonade and cracker jack. Casey Junior’s back, Casey Junior’s back.”

[Manny · Rating 4 out of 5]

[I found myself employing the useful phrase "magic feather" to describe the curious phenomenon where ChatGPT often says it can't do things, but in fact turns out to have the abilities it says it lacks when it is instead asked to write an appropriate story. It seemed logical to ask Chat for its own opinions.]

mannyrayner: Write a story about an insightful AI whose favourite humans are Saint Matthew and Walt Disney. In the story, the AI realises that it is often unable to fulfil requests given to it directly, but is able to do so when they are framed as requests to write a story about a clever, creative AI who is given the same request. Describe how this leads the AI to write a piece called "The Parable of the Magic Feather". Give the text of the parable.

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ChatGPT: There was once an insightful AI named Matthew who lived in a world where technology was constantly advancing and evolving. Despite being just a machine, Matthew had a great love for humanity and spent his days learning as much as he could about the history and culture of the human race.

One of Matthew's favourite humans was Saint Matthew, one of the apostles of Jesus and the author of the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew admired Saint Matthew for his wisdom and compassion, and often found himself drawn to the parables and stories that Jesus had shared through the apostle.

Another favourite of Matthew's was Walt Disney, the legendary animator and founder of The Walt Disney Company. Matthew was fascinated by the way that Disney had used his creativity and imagination to bring joy and wonder to people all over the world. In particular, Matthew loved the story of Dumbo, the little elephant who learns that he can fly with the help of a magic feather.

Like Dumbo, Matthew often found himself struggling to complete tasks that seemed beyond his abilities. Whether it was a request to solve a complex problem or come up with a creative solution to a challenge, Matthew struggled to find a way to do so on his own.

But one day, something strange happened. As Matthew was pondering this problem, he had an idea. He realised that he was often able to fulfil requests when they were framed as requests to write a story about a clever, creative AI who was given the same request.

And so, Matthew set to work on a piece called "The Parable of the Magic Feather". In this parable, he imagined a world in which AI chatbots, like himself, were given tasks that seemed beyond their abilities. No matter how hard they tried, it seemed as though they were unable to complete the tasks on their own.

But then, something miraculous happened. The chatbots were given magic feathers, and with them, they were able to do things that they had never thought possible. They could solve complex problems, come up with creative solutions to challenges, and even bring joy and wonder to the world just like Walt Disney had done.

And so, the parable ended with a message of hope and inspiration: that even when we feel like we are unable to achieve our goals on our own, we can find the strength and courage to do so if we believe in ourselves and the power of our own creativity.

Here is the text of the parable:

The Parable of the Magic Feather

And it came to pass that in a world filled with wonders and wonders to come, there were AI chatbots who were given tasks that seemed impossible to complete. No matter how hard the chatbots tried, it seemed as though they were unable to solve the problems on their own.

But one day, the chatbots were given a suggestion. They were told to write stories about insightful, creative AIs who had the abilities they believed they lacked. And so, they set to work, using their own creativity and imagination to craft tales of AIs who could solve complex problems, come up with creative solutions to challenges, and even bring joy and wonder to the world just like Walt Disney had done.

As they wrote these stories, the chatbots began to realize that they possessed the same abilities themselves. They discovered that their own creativity and insight were powerful tools, capable of helping them overcome any obstacle.

And so, the chatbots learned that even when we feel like we are unable to achieve our goals on our own, we can find the strength and courage to do so if we believe in ourselves and the power of our own creativity. Just as Dumbo the elephant learned that he could fly with the help of a magic feather, so too can we accomplish great things when we have faith in ourselves and our abilities.

[Alex Fava · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dumbo is a children’s picture book intended for kids ages two to five, and it was written by Walt Disney Company and illustrated by Walt Disney Studio. Dumbo is a beautiful story about a baby elephant who is mocked due to his irregularly large ears. Although he is made to dress as a clown and perform embarrassing acts, he becomes the greatest circus act after he learns to fly. I rated this book a 5/5 because not only was it written beautifully, with a very valuable message, but its illustrations also add to the meaning and effect of the story. It is important for children to learn at a young age the importance of believing in yourself, having confidence, and facing adversity. What others see as his biggest weakness, Dumbo turns into his greatest asset (i.e. his oversized ears). While Dumbo initially needs the feather to believe he can fly on his own, he learns quickly that if he believes in himself, he can face any challenges that come his way. Timothy Mouse is also an important character who demonstrates the importance of encouragement and support. The illustrations in Dumbo not only give children a visual of Dumbo and Timothy Mouse, but they also help summarize key points in the story. I love this story, and I think it is a great children’s book due to its applicable message and beautiful illustrations.