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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
21st Jan, 2019 01:21:43 AM
Working on cleaning up List Of Shows That Need Summary
KN09
Since: Feb, 2014
9th Feb, 2019 11:04:27 PM
That's the one! Thank you! (And of course I lost track of this post at some point.)
I remember everything about the short except for the title quite vividly. Two children, a boy and a girl, kill a rabbit and find an idol inside—a snarling goblin that shoots bolts that turn objects into other objects. (The idol is labeled "Idol", as every object or creature is labeled in the short.) The kids find that the idol loves jam and turns flies into diamonds and feather quills, and so feed it all the jam they can and slaughter a cow in order to attract plentiful flies.
This naturally ends poorly when the idol (IIRC) is eaten by a rabbit, and its effects all change—the feather quills turn to fly wings, while the flies turn back to normal, and in anger swarm and kill the children (somehow).
I know I saw it on You Tube but that friggin' title evades me...