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tells the story of PepĂÄŤek and his sister Aninka, whose ailing mother desperately needs milk. But they are poor, and the village milkman will not give it to them. PepĂÄŤek and Aninka try to earn money by singing for the town’s people, but the greedy organ grinder, Brundibár ("bumblebee" in Czech),
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in Prague and recall the special significance it had for them fifty years ago. Today the opera symbolizes the lost world of the
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drowns out their song. When three animals help rally the town's children to help
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