At the beginning of Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful, it sounded similar to The Giant Who Didn't Have His Heart With Him because of the animal component, passing by animals on a journey that'll be helpful later. Especially passing the fish in this story drove this connection together. Also, the helpful animals follow the protagonist through the journey; the wolf and the horse. These animals provide the protagonist with some agency, telling him what to do to get a happy ending. With this, it's obvious in these stories the animals' advice controls the plot; if the animals didn't give the protagonist help, the story would've end earlier. In addition, helpful animals have a way of knowing everything about the situation as if
