Barnyard Comics #27

Snoozer's habit of daydreaming while on guard duty has Billy Goat and Professor Bacon at their wits' end—the dog is supposed to be protecting a prize-winning hen, but his imagination keeps taking over, turning routine assignments into wild fantasies. When the Professor tries to help by suggesting hobbies like carpentry and boxing to curb the daydreaming, things only get worse, leading Snoozer into an unexpected adventure that blurs the line between imagination and reality. Will Snoozer finally learn to keep his mind on the job, or will his runaway imagination land him in serious trouble?

When Barney Rooster offers Prof. Bacon a ride in his ramshackle new taxi, a series of mishaps and misunderstandings leaves the two at odds—and Barney convinced he's just as clever as the professor. To prove his point, Barney swaps clothes with Prof. Bacon and bluffs his way into a meeting with Harvard's finest, armed with nothing but nerve and quick thinking when a stumping mathematical problem lands on the table. As the tables turn, both characters discover that brains and confidence don't always come in the packages you'd expect.

When Robin Hood Robin stops a thief with a lucky arrow shot, his newfound confidence spirals into boastfulness that drives his friends to teach him a lesson—by challenging him to an archery contest against a mysterious masked competitor. As Robin faces off against the Masked Marvel, he discovers that humility might be worth more than any bullseye, especially when Dan Cupid has a hand in the outcome.

When Dizzy Duck and Snoozer ask Farmer Billy Goat for a watermelon from his crop, they pick the wrong one—the prize winner he's been saving for the county fair. Desperate to fix their mistake before the competition that afternoon, the two friends devise a clever (if risky) scheme to replace the melon they've eaten. But their plan hits a snag when the wind has other ideas at the fair grounds.

In a farmhouse by the river, three kittens named Furry, Fuzzy, and Blink couldn't be more different—while his siblings recoil from water and ducks with feline snobbery, Blink is utterly fearless about taking a dip. When Furry and Fuzzy mock his love of swimming and his duck friends, the determined little kitten stands his ground, ready to enjoy the water on his own terms.

Dizzy hits Bizzy up for a meal once too often and gets the cold shoulder—so he hatches a scheme to disguise himself as a down-and-out beggar, figuring sympathy will get him the handout that friendship never could. When his disguise works a little *too* well on an unsuspecting neighbor, Dizzy gets far more than he bargained for, and circumstances spiral in ways he never expected.