Timoon and the Narwhal

Timoon and the Narwhal is an animated short that is adapted from a tale in Canada. It is an episode part of the series Animated Tales of the World.

Summary
A young Eskimo named Timoon lives with his family in the Arctic. Timoon watches over his aunt who is restless and cries for everything that wants to be free. One stormy night, Timoon's aunt wanders off into the dark night while trying to find what she longs for while Timoon starts following his aunt during night. Timoon attempts to follow his aunt, but his parents bring him back home in order to stay safe. While Timoon's parents bring their son back inside their shelter, Timoon found out that his aunt might be in danger. He then knew that his aunt was hit by lightning on the shore as Timoon and his family found out that his aunt needs water in order to replenish if she is struck by lightning.

Meanwhile, Timoon's aunt is replenished with water at home. However, Timoon's aunt manages to leave her family's home again and Timoon and an arctic fox are having trouble finding his aunt during the winter night until they find her by a rocky cliff. Meanwhile, Timoon's parents cannot find their son as the two hope they would find each other. Meanwhile, Timoon and his aunt are reunited with each other as his aunt brings him inside the igloo to stay safe. Timoon's father decides to find Timoon and his aunt, but it is then known that it is very cold for them to leave their home. Meanwhile in the shelter where Timoon and his aunt built together, Timoon thinks about his aunt to know that it would be lonely to live without his aunt. Timoon's aunt then returns to the igloo where Timoon is at and tells him that he carved an image of his aunt on the harpoon that he carries and Timoon explains the reason why he carved the image of his aunt on the harpoon is because that Timoon loves his aunt.

As Timoon's parents try to find Timoon and his aunt, the sun rises and spring arrives to the glacier. Timoon and the arctic fox follow his aunt before the ice breaks. Suddenly, the ice begins to break as Timoon's aunt reaches the water as Timoon decides to save his aunt by throwing his harpoon, thinking that his aunt could drown. Upon throwing the harpoon, Timoon's aunt suddenly emerges from the water as an animal: a narwhal. Timoon's aunt explains that she is reincarnated as a narwhal (which is her true form) and the harpoon that Timoon threw became her tusk. The narwhal then tells Timoon to ride on her back as she dives deep underwater. All of Timoon's senses are stimulated underwater until he realises that his vision has been restored. Timoon is happy that he can see his family, the fox, the sun, and the birds with his restored visions. Timoon asks the narwhal to know if he could leave her, but the narwhal tells him that he shouldn't leave his home forever, since the narwhal watches from him home in the ocean as she would visit Timoon when he grows up as a brave adult. Timoon and his aunt, the narwhal, live happily together.

Voice Cast

 * Alex Hood - Timoon


 * Shannon Perrault - Timoon's Aunt / The Narwhal


 * Kerri Salki - Mother


 * Edward Kotlan - Father