Mother Goose Stories — Season 1, Episode 10: The Prince and the Beggars
Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family • 8 min • 3 seasons, 39 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
The King lets Prince Lilimond rule for a day, but the Chamberlain fears the worst. For the Prince vows to share all the kingdom's gold with the poor and the town fills with beggars, some rich and some poor. (The episode retells the nursery rhyme of "Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark." The story was adapted from the tale of "How the Beggars Came to Town" in L. Frank Baum's "Mother Goose in Prose.")
About Mother Goose Stories
Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories was a children's television show hosted by Mother Goose, who tells her three goslings the stories behind well-known nursery rhymes.