In this cartoon, which earned an Oscar nomination for best animated short back in 1942, Donald is a truant officer hunting down local tear-aways Huey, Duey and Louie. They are all happily swimming down at the old waterhole until Donald finds and, tries his hardest, to put an end to their fun.
The usual game of outsmarting each other follows as the ducklings evade Donald and set him up in traps. One particular trap involves duping Donald into believe he's roasted them in their gang hut with three cooked turkeys. Why would Ducks be cooking turkeys anyway? Isn't that slightly perverse? And why does their gang hut have a bed in it? What exactly do those kids get up to in there? The cartoon ends with Donald leading them back to school only to find out it's the summer holidays. Predictable yes, but lively and imaginative animation.
The usual game of outsmarting each other follows as the ducklings evade Donald and set him up in traps. One particular trap involves duping Donald into believe he's roasted them in their gang hut with three cooked turkeys. Why would Ducks be cooking turkeys anyway? Isn't that slightly perverse? And why does their gang hut have a bed in it? What exactly do those kids get up to in there? The cartoon ends with Donald leading them back to school only to find out it's the summer holidays. Predictable yes, but lively and imaginative animation.