CYRANO THE CROW

First there was Norman the Doorman, then the Space Witch and now Don Freeman conjures up another creature, Cyrano, as magical and beguiling as his predecessors. Cyrano is a master of bird imitations. When a talent show recruits him, he performs with professional flair, but is unable to fill the last requirement of his engagement: Cyrano cannot make a crow call. Or so he thinks as he goes squawking out of the television studio. Don Freeman acknowledges the role television plays in the child's life and uses it as a device from which to spring his whimsical fantasy.