Is this with a narrator, or without? When I was a kid I used to listen to a record of this with a narrator, and I recently found a rip of that, which elicited nostalgia galore...

It's in German, though, so it'd be wasted on most of this community.

It's a very euphoric, child-friendly narration. The Tortoises, e.g., get introduced with:

Bravo, all the mammals applauded [referencing the previous chapter], as well as all the birds, insects and fish. Only a conspicuously naked mealworm shakes his head, and says: I.... prefer the Parisian Tortoise Ballet [cue the beginning of the Waltz]

Oh, they come, here they come! Just, behold... how rhythmically they lift their legs...

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