A Tale of Two Siblings

## Stats

**A Tale of Two Siblings** is the 36th episode of the series *Babar* that aired on June 3, 1990.

## Summary

Babar and his family are at a camping site. One morning, Alexander wakes everyone up. Celeste states that they can do anything he wants to do, so he comes up with a few ideas when Isabelle brings up that she wanted pancakes. Alexander gets upset now that they have to eat pancakes before they can have fun. The family goes off to collect firewood, but Alexander stays. Babar suggests he plays with Isabelle, but he refuses to. Then Isabelle wants a story, so Alexander gladly begins one.

The story takes place far in a town where monsters were many, but there was one monster whose shadow scared the town. Alexander says that this monster only ate little sisters. Babar and his family worry about this monster, but Alexander steps in the house, dubbed their "favorite son" who is their hero.  To show their gratitude, they confront him and feed him cake, and only share the crumbs with his siblings. In this story, Isabelle didn't seem to exist. Alexander then went on to do the things he's good at for the day, but then came home to find it evacuated. The three "simpletons", Cornelius, Pompadour, and Troubadour, pass by and tell Alexander that they left because of the monster. Alexander had the house all to himself, and he celebrated greatly doing anything he wanted. Although soon enough, it began getting tiresome being alone in the house. Alexander got a sword and set off to find the monster.

Soon, he found his way to a Dreaded Gorge of 2,002 Deaths. He starts climbing down a cliff, but he slips and falls and falls. Alexander wants Isabelle to think of something that would save him, but every idea she says fails to save Alexander. Soon, Isabelle criticizes his story for being too scary and doesn't want to hear it anymore, so Alexander agrees to make it less scary. He says that the favorite son flew over the pit and went into a forest where he was met with fang-a-sauruses. Isabelle finds this scary, so she wants it changed to bunnies. Nevertheless, Alexander defeats the bunnies.

However, he winds up in a trap that hangs him in the air. Alexander demands that whoever did it show their face, so the bushes unveil three crocodiles according to Isabelle. The crocodiles free Alexander and take him off. They made him play dollies, and tea party, and even plotted to make him their baby. Alexander gets away but they find him, although thanks to Alexander's magic sword it chases them away. Back in reality, Alexander and Isabelle appear to be lost. Alexander gets mad at Isabelle, but he feels bad and tells her the rest of the story. The favorite son makes it to the monster's castle, where the monster turns out to be a giant Isabelle. Isabelle apologizes and says she only stole Alexander's family because she wanted somebody to play with, as nobody likes her because she's big. Alexander says he doesn't think she's bad or troublesome at all, making her shrink. Alexander found his family after all, and also in real life when they make it back to the campsite. Isabelle wants to hug Alexander but he says "heroes don't hug", but he makes an exception this time.

## Trivia

* The officially uploaded episode on YouTube lacks a title card.

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