Piglet, as one of Winnie The Pooh's friends was always portrayed as a little scared, or feeling inadequate because of his small size. In the original "Winnie The Pooh," from 1926, written by A.A. Milne, some of Piglet's moments that would characterize his behavior come, in Chapter Three of the book, where Piglet says, "WHAT?", with a jump, to show that he hadn't been frightened, he jumped up and down once or twice more in an exercising sort of way. In Chapter Seven, "It is hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffling slightly, "when you're only a very small animal." In Chapter Nine, Piglet says, "It's a little anxious," he said to himself, "to be a very small animal entirely surrounded by water." Piglet's catchphrase was, "Oh, dear! Oh, d-d-d-dear-dear!
Released in 2003, Piglet's Big Movie is an animated feature based on the characters in the Winnie-The-Pooh books and opened as #7 on it's opening weekend and a total box office for the movie run of over 23 million dollars. It was preceded by "The Tigger Movie" in 2000 and followed by "Winnie The Pooh: Springtime with Roo," released in 2004. The plot involves Piglet feeling ashamed of being small. Thanks to his friends and Christopher Robin, he learns you don't have to be big to do big things.
There are three flashback sequences are the first adaptations of the original Winnie The Pooh stories, but edited to make Piglet the hero of the stories and conform the rest of the characters personalities as Disney portrayed them but it still manages to retain much of the original plot, but makes that statement that you don't have to be big to do big things. The movie is a wonderful story of friendship, fun and appreciation filled with adventure, laughter and heart-felt moments.
As Winnie and friends set forth to harvest honey from the hives in the forest, Piglet is told he is too small to come along. Distraught, Piglet decides to strike out on his own and sets out into the Hundred Acre Wood. When the honey hunters return, they can't find Piglet anywhere, just his scrapbooks of their adventures of the past. As they look through the books, Winnie and his pals realize how much Piglet means to them and how much they've taken him for granted. They set out to find Piglet using his scrapbook for clues, to "think, think, think" for clues as to where he might have gone, and ask him to come home, and along the way the little pig makes a big difference when his pals need him.
"Piglet's Big Movie" enjoys a heavy rotation on Disney's Playhouse. Fearful little Piglet proves the point that size doesn't matter when it comes to accomplishing big things. It is a pointed lesson that not only children can learn from, but it's a good one for adults, even if it is from a Winnie The Pooh character.
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