The Small One is the titular protagonist of Disney's The Small One. He is a gentle miniature donkey past his prime. Long years of working hard have made him weak. Though he eats as much as the other donkeys, he cannot handle the same loads. He has strong feelings for the Boy and would give his life to help him, as he almost does at the Tanner's.
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The Small One[]
Small One lived with his young master in Nazareth at the stable where the Boy cares about him. He plays with the boy before eating his breakfast. While getting wood to take to the sell to earn his keep, the Boy puts sticks instead of logs because his age and years of hard labor have left him too weak to carry logs. However, even the sticks prove to be too heavy a load for Small One to carry to the point where he crashes and the boy is forced to carry the sticks the crash caused him to drop. The Boy and his father talk about Small One that with the father saying that they cannot afford to keep Small One, the boy was forced to sell him, as a result, but wanted to give him a good place to go in refusal much to his father's plan to sell the donkey, to his concern, telling him to listen what his father said. The Boy then takes good care of Small One by singing his friendship with him before getting ready to sleep.
The next day, Small One and the boy explore a busy town around the, where the Boy would find someone who would buy the donkey to which while asking a Roman soldier about someone who would deal with donkeys, he asks the Boy to ask the tanner. It is then found out that the tanner only wanted to kill him, just as the boy refuses to sell him. The Boy asks a nearby potter who would be able to buy him but he refuses. After another failed attempt to sell the donkey, three merchants point the boy to seek an auctioneer who would help the boy. The Boy attempts to sell Small One to the Auctioneer, but he refuses as the Auctioneer explains to him that the market he owns is a horse market. Noticing the Auctioneer's harmful actions to Small One, the Boy stops the Auctioneer from hurting the donkey, to which he and the about manage to escape from him in panic.
That night, the Boy ends up crying that no one would want to buy Small One from him just as he and the Boy walk around town with no one to buy the donkey. Suddenly, the boy approaches a man who is none other than Joseph who needs Small One to carry his wife to Bethlehem. The boy agrees to give Small One to Joseph who takes the donkey with him so that he can carry his wife to Bethlehem as the boy bids him a farewell before leaving. Joseph then takes Small One to carry his wife to Bethlehem as the Star of Bethlehem shines on the sky, marking the birth of Jesus.
Once Upon a Studio[]
Small One is shown in the Disney centennial short. He, along with Rutt, Tuke, Maggie, Grace, Mrs. Calloway, and Cyril Proudbottom, is being carried by Luisa Madrigal.
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