1.0 video http://www.nfb.ca/film/hungry_squid John Weldon National Film Board of Canada http://www.nfb.ca http://media1.nfb.ca/medias/nfb_tube/thumbs_small/2013/The-hungry-squid_50918_SM.jpg 204 115 <iframe src="http://www.nfb.ca/film/hungry_squid/embed/player" width="530" height="345" ></iframe><p style="width:(( width ))px"><a href="http://www.nfb.ca/film/hungry_squid/" target="_blank"><em>The Hungry Squid</em></a> by <a href="http://www.nfb.ca/explore-all-directors/john-weldon/" title="more films by John Weldon" target="_blank">John Weldon</a>, <a href="http://www.nfb.ca" target="_blank">National Film Board of Canada</a></p> 530 345 In this animated short, Oscar® winner John Weldon (Special Delivery) spins a tall tale about young Dorothy and her myriad troubles: absentee parents, bad hair and a menagerie that devours her homework. But when her pet squid rampages through town and people finally realize that the homework-eating creatures aren't a figment of her imagination, Dorothy realizes that it's time to get the situation under control.