After reading about a drought, Alfred has a dream about Dryland, where there is hardly any water and the well-intended development aid turns out to be very ill-considered. Alfred sets up a fund to collrct money for digging canals in the Dryland.
Tropes:
- One Dialogue, Two Conversations: When Alfred watches the tv and Henk reads the newspaper. Alfred thinks they're talking about the song on television while Henk thinks they're talking about the news article about a drought.
- Take That!: Leifeet is one to celebrities who only do charity as a publicity stunt.
- The Blank: The horse doesn't seem to have any facial features except for eyes.
- Dub Name Change:
- The finnish dub has Sergo's name as Severi.
- The finnish dub calls Leifeet the singer "Leevi Laulaja". It's unclear if it's meant to be interpreted as "Leevi Singer" like a full name or "Leevi the singer" like a first name and profession.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Professor Ramses, who'll only properly appear in season 2, is seen teaching the village's children.
- Call-Back: Sparrowland is mentioned in passing.
- Furry Confusion: There's a birdhouse affixed to the weeping willow next to Alfred's house.
- There's also a non-anthropomorphic horse (albeit in a dream), despite anbanthropomorphic horse appearing in episode 11.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Prince Franz Ferdinand is shown to have become the king, and his father is never mentioned again in this episode nor the future ones. One can assume that Dolf's prediction about Radbout's impending death in episode 12 was accurate.
