This is a show that understands kindness as an action, not a feeling. Every episode, the same three kids choose to help someone, a lonely thief, a scared newcomer, a lost animal, and the show trusts that repetition of genuine care is enough to change a person's entire life. Fifty-two episodes of proof that patience and friendship work, even on someone who doesn't believe in either.

Patty Rabbit, Bobby Bear and Fanny Fox are the young friends at the center of Maple Town Monogatari, a 52-episode fantasy slice-of-life TV series. Their stories revolve around friendship, adventure and the scrapes the children get into. A recurring troublemaker is Wild Wolfe, a homeless thief living in the forest who regularly steals from the town and causes other mischief. Each time, the kids step in to stop him and set things right, and little by little they help him understand that his ways are wrong.