Episode 24: Willie Winkie

Mother Goose Stories
Written by	David Angus
Director	Michael J. Kerrigan

The twenty-fourth episode of Mother Goose Stories retells the nursery rhyme of "Wee Willie Winkie."

Story

“Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Up stairs, down stairs in his night-gown,
Rapping at the window, crying through the lock,
Are the children all in bed, for now it's eight o'clock?”

One night, the Goslings can't sleep on the fear of ghosts, so Mother Goose tells them the story of Willie Winkie, a friendly ghost. Wee Willie Winkie is a ghost living with his mother, he must go to bed by 8 or else he will lose his ghostly powers. Among the children he says good night to is a boy named Tom. When his father finds out about Willie, he sets up a plan for Willie to lose his ghostly powers. The next night, Tom's father prepares a feast for Tom and Willie, as a trap for Willie to lose his powers and winds the clock to half past seven. Meanwhile, Willie's mother worries about him, and goes out to town to find him. Tom's father tries to delay Willie from going home and Willie's mother finds him, leaving Tom's father in total shock. The clock is about to strike eight o'clock and Willie must be home before the hour, Tom suggest they try a disappearing trick, which works and Willie is back at home, in bed.

Muppet Characters

Mother Goose, Goslings, Willie Winkie, Willie Winkie's Mother, Cats, Tom's Father

Cast

• James Goodwin as Tom

Video Releases

• Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories: Jack & Jill (2005 DVD & VHS)
• The Jim Henson Collection (2013 DVD)

Notes

• The episode was packaged with "Little Bo Peep" and "Pussy Cat Pussy Cat" to create a half-hour episode for Disney Channel and other outlets.

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