This feels like the plot of one of those 90s Disney films I watched as a kid.
That was really fun! The controls are intuitive and responsive. The difficulty has that nice, quick, arcade escalation. The setting and art is exceedingly charming!
[EDITED: 8-23] My only note is that[, at the default volume,] the sound effects are just a tiny bit loud. Not by much, only enough to sometimes peak above +0.0 dB.
Fantastic! Great work!