Mickey brings home a kitten, and his (and others's) reactions to the kitten confuse Pluto. ( )

Mickey Finds a Kitten tells of when Mickey found a kitten, and how Pluto felt abandoned, since Mickey was paying so much more attention to the kitten than to him.

Pluto doesn't understand why the kitten is praised for doing things that Pluto isn't allowed to do. He decides he'll try to act like the kitten, but he is just scolded for doing so. Finally, Mickey realises what is going on, and tells Pluto that he shouldn't act like a kitten, because he is the world's best dog. So Pluto decides he'll always be Pluto, the dog, and he won't try to act like something he's not.

This one is a story about being yourself, though it's got a little similarity to 'new baby' stories like Thumper's Little Sisters. It's not bad, though of course it's got only a very simple story. I think I would prefer this one to Thumper's Little Sisters even as a 'new baby' story–this aspect might be a little subtle for very young children, but that's what parents are for, isn't it?

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(The full review is posted on my blog.) ( )