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K-3
Goose Petunia works to save her love, Charles, a neighboring goose who is being fattened up for Christmas. Chased away by Charles's rifle-toting owner, Petunia refuses to give up, and eventually love wins out. Duvoisin's animated sketches are more lively than the old-fashioned tale of devotion.