From Aesop to Hans Christian Andersen (television) Television show; aired on March 2, 1955. Directed by Clyde Geronimi. Walt Disney describes the age-old art of storytelling by offering cartoon versions of two of Aesop’s fables, then de la Fontaine’s classic story of the Country Mouse and his cousin the City Mouse, followed by tales from the Brothers Grimm, and finally Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling.