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Very Short Films • 7m 10s

Directed by John Weldon and Eunice Macaulay • Animation • 1978 • 7 minutes

The first big mistake Ralph makes is not clearing the snow from the front walk, and his life goes downhill from that point on. By the end of the story, the mailman has fatally slipped on his job, Alice, his wife, doesn't live there anymore, and Ralph resolves to stop worrying--about the body, his wife, and the front walk.

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