Saturday, May 9, 2009

Downhearted Duckling - (6 min. 42 sec.) 1954

A duckling is crying. Jerry arrives. The duckling shows him The Ugly Duckling which he's been reading. He wants to kill himself with an axe but Jerry saves him. The duckling asks Tom to eat him. Tom, delighted by this request, obeys, but Jerry interferes and snatches the duckling away in the nick of time. The duckling then settles inside a sandwich meant for Tom. The mouse again snatches the duckling out of Tom's grasp but then Jerry, thinking he has hold of the duckling, actually has a hen. The duckling hides in a pie, hoping that Tom will eat it, but Jerry arrives and throws the pie in Tom's face. Jerry gives the duckling a beauty treatment, but Tom is horrified at the sight of him. The duckling grows sadder by the minute and pulls a sack over his head. Along comes a female duckling, who talks to the duckling and finds him handsome. Jerry rejoices at this turn of events. The duckling and his new girlfriend leave together!

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