When the Day Breaks (1999)

A rooster has his last biscuit for breakfast and goes grocery shopping. A pig prepares her breakfast (potato peelings, with the potatoes thrown in the trash) and discovers she needs more milk. Their paths cross, a lemon falls into the sewer, and both lives are changed.

Released Feb. 21, 1999 10 min 7+

Genres: Animation, Comedy, Short

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