Mickey is first seen reading Gulliver's Travels while the mice orphan children are pretending to be sailors. After ruining their game Mickey tries to make it up to them by retelling the Liliput sequences of Gulliver's Travels pretending it was a real event that happened to him by portraying the role of Gulliver. The story ends with Mickey saving the town from a giant spider (Pete). However after telling the story, one of the children dangles a fake spider attached to a fishing rod which scares Mickey out of his witts.
Writing
Meta framing of story-within-story.
Director
Burt Gillett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of the last shorts where Walt Disney personally voiced Mickey Mouse before handing duties to others.
Released during the Great Depression, the orphan mice reflect real anxieties—Mickey's fantasy offered cheap escapism for struggling families.
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