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This animated short delivers a clear moral lesson: don't judge by appearances. The story features three large, arrogant mountains-each rich in a different natural resource-and one small mountain that only has "Some Thing," a mysterious element the others mock. It's not immediately clear what that "Some Thing" is, though I had a few guesses while watching, and thankfully, it turned out to be one of them.

The story is heartfelt, though not particularly deep. The animation style is highly simplified, evoking the look of a children's storybook and using limited animation to match the tone.

While the big guys (mountains) are belching oil, gold, and fire, the little guy has something that appears to be a walnut. He is confused and flustered, and suffers all kinds of disdain from his bigger brothers. But since he can only be patient things work out for him. He sits in the rain, uncomfortable, victimized for a while, and then an interesting thing happens.

A lovely short animation about a gift. Modest and in the shadow of rich mountains of oil, gold and magma . A rain. And a revelation changing everything. A beautiful moral lesson , seductive for the great portrait of importance of delicate detail behind apparences.