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The Spirit in the Bottle

There was once a wood cutter who's wife had died and had an only son. Despite being so poor the wood cutter was determind to send to the boy to school. But the money he saved wasn't quite enough and just when the boy had learned which way around his cap went, the money ran out and the head master kicked the boy out immeadiately. Unemployed the son, much to the father's complaining, becomes a wood cutter like his old man by borrowing his neighbour's axe. One day whilst exploring the forest, the ever complaining dad grows tired and suggests the two of them rest. The boy goes on ahead but while travelling he hears a voice coming from a bottle burried beneath an oak tree. Inside the bottle is a spirit demanding to be set free. The boy does so and at once the creature grows fifty feet tall and tries to straggle the young boy. But the child managed to trick McCurius the Spirit into slipping back inside the bottle again, giving him the chance to slip the cork back in. The spirit crys realisin

English
  • Originally Aired April 21, 1989
  • Runtime 10 minutes
  • Network BBC One
  • Created November 9, 2006 by
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