We learn the true stories behind various nursery rhymes. Little Jack Horner: a servant to a city official was delivering a present to King Henry VIII, baked, as was the custom of the time, in a pie. The present was the deed to a valuable estate, which Horner stole. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary: Mary Stuart brought "quite contrary" French style to the Scottish court. After a series of disastrous romances, she was jailed; the jailer's son, captivated by her, helped her escape. After a brief but disastrous attempted coup, she fled to England, where her sister, Queen Elizabeth, soon grew jealous and had her imprisoned. London Bridge: The bridge, finished in 1209, was soon lined by shops with luxury apartments upstairs, turning into a popular commercial and cultural zone. The Great Fire that broke out in 1666 spread to the bridge, but the houses were rebuilt. Over the ages, things decayed. In 1823, things finally got bad enough that the bridge was demolished and replaced.

Les vérités historiques enfin révélées de trois célèbres comptines anglaises pour enfants, narrées par la Mère l'Oie : "Little Jack Horner, Mary, Mary Quite Contrary" et "London Bidge is Falling Down"...

Короткометражный анимационный фильм, исследующий подлинные истории, которые легли в основу детских песенок и сказок. Зрители узнают, что на самом деле случилось с маленьким Джеком Хорнером (Джеки-дружок). Он работал в городской администрации и прислал подарок королю Генриху VIII, запеченный в пирог. А реальная история Мэри из популярной детской потешки имеет религиозную подоплеку, которая зачастую скрывается.