Pingu Draws A Winner
On his way home from school Pingu passes a lottery ticket seller, and watches a man as he has a go. The man doesn’t win, and goes off angrily. Pingu is about to leave when the ticket seller points out the prizes; a car, an igloo and first prize, a box of fish. Pingu is now keen to have a go, but has only a small fish, so he tries to pay with it. The ticket seller angrily refuses and Pingu trudges off. The ticket seller, who is very poor, then relents and calls Pingu back, and gives him a ticket in exchange for the fish. To his delight, he wins a prize and rushes home to tell Mother. She realises that Pingu has won the fish, and phones up to have it delivered. When it arrives Pingu and Mother are very pleased, but then Pingu thinks that rather than keep it themselves it would be better to give it to the ticket seller. Pingu takes the fish to the ticket seller, who is very happy to accept. As Pingu is leaving the ticket seller calls Pingu back and gives him a talisman as a thank-you. Pingu is delighted, and goes excitedly home.
- Features mainly Pingu and a poor lottery ticket seller. There are brief appearances by Mother, an unsuccessful lottery ticket buyer and the sick husband of the lottery ticket seller.
- Goof: After giving the prize to the ticket seller, Pingu sets off back home on an empty sledge, but when the ticket seller calls him back his satchel is on the sledge . However, it disappears again while he's turning round to go back to the ticket seller!
- August 1, 1996
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