Introduction -- March of the lions -- Hens and cockerels -- Wild asses -- Tortoises -- The elephant -- Kangaroos -- Aquarium -- Aviary -- Persons with long ears -- The pianists -- The cuckoo in the deep -- Fossils -- The swan -- Finale
Music by Camille Saint-Saëns ; text and narration by John Lithgow
A mischievous boy slips away from his teacher during a field trip to a natural history museum and, after the museum closes, sees all of the people he knows transformed into animals