Animal Fair #10

Sir Spot, the lion-hearted leopard, hides his true heroic nature behind the meek guise of Freckles the poet—a perfect disguise to move undetected among the wicked. When he and a wagon-load of captives are brought to the Arabian palace of the cruel Prince Mustafa and Princess Andra, Freckles is assigned to kitchen duty, only to discover that prisoners are being worked to death in the diamond mines. Donning his mask and cape, Sir Spot strikes back against tyranny and uncovers a sinister conspiracy that reaches the heart of the kingdom itself.

Cubby, an eager cub reporter, tags along with Detective Bloodhound as the seasoned investigator pursues a pair of auto thieves, but the young journalist's eagerness to crack the case—and his safety pin—may prove more useful than the detective's by-the-book approach. When Bloodhound dismisses Cubby's observations and takes a wrong turn in the investigation, the determined reporter takes matters into his own paws to catch the real crooks and save the day.

When Battling Bantam visits Mac Mule's farm and mistakes a orchestra conductor's baton for a weapon, Mac convinces him that learning an instrument might help curb his fighting instincts. But what starts as well-meaning music lessons becomes something far more sinister when the conductor and his band use soothing melodies to lull concert-goers to sleep for a clever robbery scheme. Battling Bantam's arrival—and his signature fists—expose the plot and save the day in ways no accordion ever could.

When Reddy Fox needs a place to stay, he convinces the gullible Droopy that the famous Professor Bigwig is coming to town—then disguises himself as the professor to gain entry to Droopy's home. But Reddy's scheme backfires when Droopy, embarrassed by his modest shack, whisks the "professor" away to a house that's decidedly off-limits, landing Reddy in hot water with the law.

Tuck Sedo, the penguin playboy, takes a job at a cake factory to prove he can be useful—but his restless nature soon leads him to turn his work assignment into a "practical joke" with disastrous consequences. When his scheme goes spectacularly wrong, Tuck finds himself facing the wrath of his girlfriend's father and banned from seeing her again. A lighthearted tale of good intentions meeting mischief in the workplace.

Chippy Chipmunk heads to the dentist's office with a painful toothache, but when Dr. Yankem invites him to sit down for an examination, our nervous hero has other ideas about how to handle the situation. This one-pager delivers the classic funny-animal brand of dental-chair anxiety with a cheeky twist.

Kid Gloves, an incorrigible escape artist, finds himself on the run from police in a South American prison and ducking into an artist's studio—where he hatches a scheme to pose as the temperamental painter and cash in on a suddenly lucrative market for avant-garde art. When the real artist is discovered hidden away and the con starts to unravel, Kid Gloves learns that even the cleverest escape plan can't outrun the law forever.