The Small One

The Small One is a 1978 animated Christmas short film created by Walt Disney Productions and was originally released to theaters in the United States by Buena Vista Distribution Company with a Christmas 1978 re-release of Pinocchio. The story is based on a children's book by Charles Tazewell and was an experiment for the newer and younger Disney animators, including Don Bluth, Richard Rich, Henry Selick, Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy. The story tells of a young boy, outside Nazareth, who must part with his best friend, an old donkey named Small One. He brings it to market, but no one is in need of a "scrawny donkey", save for a tanner.