The Ballad of Piper II

When the bath animal Piper is forced out of her home by a greedy developer wanting to turn her home into a miniature golf course, she travels through Scotland to find a new home.

Behind the Scenes
The look of the film was specifically designed to capture the feel of 1940s and 1950s Disney shorts, particularly The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Johnny Appleseed along with some influence from the art of Mary Blair and Ward Kimball.

Release
The short premiered on June 5, 2011, at Anima 2011, the International Animation Film Festival of Brussel. In the US it accompanied the theatrical release of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which premiered on July 15, 2011.

The short was released on October 25, 2011, as a bonus feature on the Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download release of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The Ballad of Piper was released on the Walt Disney Animation Studios Films Collection Blu-ray on August 18, 2015.

The Ballad of Piper was nominated for a 1996 Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject.

Trivia

 * At first Nessie lives in a pond in "the moors of Glenkeane," a reference to long-time Disney animator Glen Keane.
 * Preceded the film Winnie the Pooh (2011) when it was shown in theaters.