Jerry and the Lion

Summary

Tom is listening to music on the radio, but hears a crash from the kitchen, where he sees Jerry stealing food from the fridge. When Tom tries to stop Jerry, Jerry squeezes a tomato into Tom's face. Jerry runs toward his mousehole; but when Tom closes the door, the mouse sneaks through his own mousehole door, and squeezes another tomato into the cat's face. When Tom returns to his chair and radio, a news bulletin then comes and announces that a ferocious runaway lion has escaped from the circus, warning everyone to close their windows and doors.

Tom frantically closes all the windows, puts a couch in front of the door, and grabs a gun and safari hat to defend himself. Tom hides behind a table, while Jerry, who overheard the warning, sees someone hiding in the shadows, and screams in fear when he sees two angry eyes, but before he can break away or even try to do anything, the runaway lion grabs him and befriends Jerry, asking Jerry to help him get back to the jungle. Jerry agrees, and after the lion thanks him, he admits he is hungry.

Jerry and the lion sneak to the kitchen, but as Jerry picks out some ham, Tom spots him. Tom stops Jerry with his gun, takes the ham, and catches Jerry by his tail. The lion, hiding behind a curtain, eats the ham in one bite, and when Tom hears it crunching and nervously points the gun at the curtain, Jerry raises the gun, causing it to go off at the ceiling. Jerry then acts like he has been shot and hits the floor. Tom, horrified, believing he shot Jerry, runs off, with Jerry and the lion running in the opposite direction.

Tom returns with a first aid kit, but finds that Jerry is nowhere to be found. Tom looks for the lion, but finds Jerry in another room, with the lion perched on a lamp. Tom points the gun at Jerry, causing Jerry to start throwing punches. When Tom grabs Jerry and sticks his chin out as if to say "Come on, give it your best shot", the lion obligingly raises his paw and smacks Tom right n the kisser, sending Tom flying halfway across the room where he crashes through the chimney stack, then down into the fireplace with bricks crashing down on him. Jerry and the lion then hide in an umbrella holder. Tom grabs an umbrella and opens it, causing the lion (who was somehow hiding inside it) to fall on him, flattening the cat.

The lion and Jerry then hide in a closet, with Tom following, closing the door with an evil laugh and locking himself in and tossing away the key. Almost immediately, sounds of battle issue from behind the locked door. After much screaming and frantic efforts to escape, Tom is launched across the room with the door. Jerry then comes out and gives Tom a mean look. Intimidated, Tom crashes through the wall and runs away, with Jerry and the lion shaking hands. Jerry then helps the lion onto a boat for Africa, where they tearfully bid each other goodbye.

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