A Child in the Snow

## Stats

**A Child in the Snow** is the 62nd episode of the series *Babar* that aired on June 10, 1991.

## Summary

Babar and his family are driving for a holiday in a snowy area. Babar remembers it fondly, even though the children believe there is no civilization and just snow and trees. Babar comments that he thought the same thing when he was a boy, but later found it was a magical place. He however stops and is shocked that a town was built, but Cornelius is sure that their cabin is just how they remember it, and they are also sure the kids will like it. When they get to the cabin, Babar is sure that if they get the fire going and clean it up, it will be like old times.

They clean up the place, and the kids also put all their food outside due to their being no refrigerator in the cabin. Cornelius also gets the fire going. Babar asks the triplets if they'd like to go exploring in the woods and find his secret places he discovered as a boy, but Alexander, Pom, and Flora are more interested in doing things in the town. Cornelius and Celeste also have some things to sort out in the cabin, so Babar is on his own. He goes down a skiing hill that he remembers, but wounds up in a big snowball. He also tries skating on a frozen pond that breaks apart. Back at home later on, Babar's home-cooked meal is burnt. He is rather disappointed that his special home changed, but Celeste states everything in the world changes. Babar mentions that not some things don't change and leaves to get firewood. Cornelius begins a story that a long time ago, young Babar set off on an expedition to find a Great White Mammoth, when a snowstorm hit. He resided on a bald spot of a mountain where Cornelius found him.

The next morning, Babar is up early and is getting ready, as it is a beautiful morning for a hike up the peeks. The children are also up early and ready to go play out in the snow. Babar sets out alone, and the triplets see him and decide to see who finds The Great White Mammoth first. As Babar looks at the view from a mountain, Cornelius tramples on him. The children marvel at the snow and Flora slips and spins on the ice, but Pom is sure they won't find the Great White Mammoth if they have too much fun. Cornelius talks to Babar and says that the Great White Mammoth was a long time ago, and mammoths no longer exist, besides, Babar was only a child and things change. Babar still believes that it exists. Meanwhile, Flora, Pom, and Alexander decide to go home as it starts snowing, but they aren't able to find their cabin up above a ledge.

The storm gets worse, and Babar sees the children's tracks in the snow, particularly Alexander's broken snowshoe. Alexander, Pom, and Flora walk and rest in the cold, blowing, snow, wishing somebody will find them. Suddenly, they see The Great White Mammoth walk up, and he wants them to follow him. Cornelius suggests that they head back to the cabin, but Babar knows that by the time they get help, the children will be frozen. He tells Cornelius to just believe. Sure enough, he finds the three triplets up on the bald mountain. Alexander says it was The Great White Mammoth. When they are back home, Babar heads out and calls for The Great White Mammoth, who comes. He thanks it for saving his children, and also thanks it for helping him back when he was a boy. When he comes back inside, they ask if he saw the mammoth, but Babar claims he doesn't.