sentences:  A young tuba named Tubby sets off on a quest to find a song of his own.He visits a circus and ventures into the forest while on the way to Singing City.Tubby the Tuba had his start as the main character in a 1945 children's story for orchestra and narrator, by Paul Tripp and George Kleinsinger, originally performed by Tripp himself, and recorded most famously by Danny Kaye, though many other actor-narrators have performed the piece on record as well, including David Wayne (who also provided a voice for the '71 feature film).