Ernest the bear is willing to help when his mouse friend Celestine breaks a cup, but she wants to take the responsibility for cleaning up her mess herself.
A collection of nineteen fables by seventeenth-century French author Jean de La Fontaine including "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" and the title story "The Hare and the Tortoise.".
Even though they have no money, Ernest and Celestine use their ingenuity to make a Christmas party for their friends, knowing that it is love and friendship and not money that really matters.
