Silkwing (Pitchi in the Japanese dub) is a main character from Toei Animation's Manga Aesop's Fables film (or Manga Isoppu Monogatari in Japanese). She is a spring elf who is one of Aesop's travelling companions. She was voiced by Keiko Han in the Japanese dub and Corrine Orr in the English dub.

About Silkwing

Silkwing is heard crying by Aesop. When he sees one of her large, butterfly-like wings sticking out from one side of a tree, he's startled, thinking it's a monster at first. But it's revealed to be a spring elf. When she sees him, she's frightened for a moment but then realizes Aesop doesn't seem to be all that dangerous or threatening. He asks her why she's crying, she tells him her name and she explains she's crying because she ended up lost after the wind blew her away from her garden. Aesop tells her he's lost too and he comes up with the theory that since the wind was blowing from the south, she must have come from the south, and that must be where her garden is. Pleased, Silkwing compliments him on being so smart. Modest, Aesop fails to watch where he's going and falls in a lake. She asks if he's alright and he tells her he's never been better. He shakes her hand and they befriend each other. He suggests they go off to find their ways back to their homes and that's just what they do together. Silkwing meets a talking mouse named Skitter, who Aesop met earlier and upon gazing at Silkwing's beauty, Skitter becomes smitten with her, trips, and falls. Skitter invites Aesop, Silkwing, and a city mouse to his home for lunch. Although the food may be healthy, it doesn't taste all that good. The city mouse invites the others to the city where they can eat some better food.

The group arrive in the city later that night and enter a mansion. Then, they enter a dining room where they have a feast. But the city mouse hears some individuals approaching and tells the others to hide, which they all do in another room. A cat and three chef cats enter the dining room. When the coast seems to be clear, the city mouse tells the others they can reenter the dining room. However, all the cats soon return and the first cat orders the others to catch the mice. But Aesop and Silkwing put a stop to them by throwing things at the cats, who then get covered with a sheet after some chasing around and chaos. They take advantage of the cats being distracted and escape.

The next day, Aesop, Silkwing, and Skitter walk along a path when they come across a tortoise and a hare. The hare taunts the tortoise for always moving so slowly and this angers the tortoise, not liking it. When Silkwing asks why they can't be friends, the tortoise explains this to her. Aesop suggests they have a race to settle this more civilly. After the race begins, the hare is in the lead at first, but then he and Aesop decide to lie on the grass to rest while Skitter massages them, going back and forth in between them. The tortoise tries to catch up while Silkwing follows. As the tortoise continues, Silkwing motivates and encourages him, suggesting things like he should try running on all fours to get to the end faster and sooner. When the hare notices the tortoise getting ahead of him, he tries to beat him, but the tortoise narrowly wins as he reaches the tree, which is the end point. The hare relents, knowing how to be a good sport, he and the tortoise shake each other's hands, and everyone has a hearty laugh.

Having run out of food, Silkwing and the others look for a job to make money to buy some more. They're hired by a monkey who instructs them to have a donkey named Hawhee carry sacks of salt on his back across a river for delivery. But this isn't successful, as Hawhee ends up falling in the water, breaking the sacks and the salt pours into it. The monkey gives them a second chance, this time Hawhee is to carry sacks of cotton on his back for delivery. When the same thing happens with these sacks and after failing the second time, the monkey fires them. Silkwing, Aesop, and Skitter hear some music being played with a violin by a grasshopper and most other bugs dance to it. Everyone is enjoying this except for a colony of ants, as they carry food supplies back to their home to stock up for the winter.

Later, Silkwing, Aesop, and Skitter come across what they think is a real lion and are frightened at first, but it turns out to be a lion skin worn as a disguise by Hawhee who tries to roar but a bray comes out his mouth instead. They ask him why he would do this and he explains he thought he'd get more respect if he pretended to be something else. They invite him to accompany them on their journey and he happily accepts. When they encounter a bear, Silkwing flies up higher to safety while Aesop and Skitter climb up a tree. Hawhee gets left behind being chased by the bear. Silkwing and the others can't bear to watch, thinking it's the end for Hawhee and bid him goodbye. After the bear leaves, the others go to check on Hawhee, who tells them about how they didn't help him when he was in need. Ashamed of thinking of only themselves, they apologize and Hawhee understandably forgives them. When a chilly, autumnal wind blows, Silkwing shivers from it and she must get to some place warmer since she's a spring elf. Hawhee offers to let her ride on his back for a while and she thanks him for it.

After winter arrives, Silkwing and her friends meet the grasshopper again and he begs them for food. They tell him they don't have any and try going to homes to ask for some. The first home they try happens to belong to the ant colony from earlier. They eventually invite Silkwing and the others into their abode and everyone has their meal. Aesop tells the ants he's trying to return to his own world and is told that he, and the others, would have to pass through the Mountain of Terror in order to accomplish this. Despite the possible risk, Aesop insists he has to do this and the ants understand. After being given coats by the ants, they carry on their way.

Meeting a male, seasonal spirit known as the Spirit of Winter, as the foursome attempt to continue passing through the mountain, he won't let them but a female spirit known as the Spirit of Spring challenges the Winter Spirit to a contest. The object for him is to try blowing off everyone's coats while the object for her is to turn into the sun and change the season from winter to spring. The Winter Spirit fails to blow off their coats and the Spring Spirit makes the weather so sunny and hot, Silkwing and the others remove their coats. The Winter Spirit declares the Spring Spirit the victor and relents. The Spring Spirit explains to Aesop that she had been watching him for some time after he ended up in the alternate world where she's from and tells him the whole event was a test to see if he truly learned his lesson. She bestows upon him the gift of being a future storyteller and that his stories will be told, and heard, by children for generations. She magically transports everyone back to the real world.

Silkwing and the others land in a garden. She is happy to be back there and says she's going to fly towards and land on some flowers. The others notice her wings are now gone, as she is now a real girl. She and Aesop are thrilled that they can still be together, they hold each other's hands, and spin joyfully. Aesop sees his mother and they run towards each other, happily reunited. Skitter comments on this, but Silkwing reminds him that animals aren't supposed to talk in the real world.

Physical Appearance

Silkwing is a svelte spring elf with pale skin, shoulder-length, green hair, and dark green eyes. As a spring elf, she wears a red flower hat with marigold spots and petals; a pink lace-colored, short-sleeved shirt with a jagged, white collar; a short skirt made of marigold, stellate petals; and rufous flat shoes. Her wings are butterfly-like and deep periwinkle on each tip on the higher part of each wing, and on the outlines; within each of the wings is lilac purple and within each of those are white, half-oval patterns with azure spots in the half-ovals. As a real girl, she wears the same clothes, except now she wears a longer, shin-length skirt and since she no longer has wings, the patterns that were on her wings are now on her skirt. The upper part of it that used to be her floral skirt is now a marigold, stellate pattern of the long skirt; the middle of it is white with azure spots; and the lower part has a lilac purple, jagged pattern with a deep periwinkle hemline below that.

Personality

Silkwing is sweet, thoughtful, caring, charming, encouraging, and motivational, and soft-spoken.