Mythological Menagerie
"Mythological Menagerie" is a Donald Duck comic by Don Rosa, first published in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #523 in October 1987. This was the first story by Don Rosa story to be published in Finland, in 1990.
Plot
's Huey, [Dewey, and Louie|nephews] are practicing their animal identification skills for a field trip with the Junior Woodchucks. This gives Donald an idea: he wants to see his nephews meet an animal they can't identify, so he can claim to have been a better scout.On a trip into the woods, Donald heads to Grandma Duck's farm, disguises various animals as fantastical creatures from his own, wild imagination, and sends them off to meet the boys. However, the boys are able to identify each of them as mythological animals:
- A Gulon;
- A Mi'raj;
- A Basilisk;
- A Catoblepas;
- A Peryton;
- A Shadhahvar;
- An Eale; and
- A Barometz.