The Tales of Huckleberry Hound: Season 3

14. Talking Turkey

It was another lovely evening in Hill Street Neighborhood, and Hokey Wolf was just wrapping up another filming.

"Let's see now, I've got my choice of everything on this chuck wagon!" the wolf was saying to himself as he looked in the back of a large covered wagon on set.

Ding-a-Ling came running in. "Hello, Hokey!"

"Ding, boy! Why aren't you tending the record?"

As part of Hokey's scheme in the cartoon, he had set up a record player with the sounds of a cattle stampede to scare of the owner of the chuck wagon.

"The record broke, Hokey!" Ding-a-Ling cried.

"Oh it can't be, Ding boy! I can still hear it!"

"That ain't the record, Hokey! It's a for-real stampede!"

"Cue the cattle stampede," a stagehand whispered to a nearby animal wrangler. Just then, a whole large herd of cattle came charging across the set, right toward the two wolves! Hokey broke into a run of panic.

"Run for your life, Ding! It's a stampede! It really IS a stampede!"

Ding-a-Ling looked at the camera while running away as well. "My friend Hokey sure can call em', can't he?!"

The cattle were then rounded up and hauled off set as the two wolves ran to the edge of the scene and stopped to catch their breaths.

"And, cut! Nice work, Hokey!" the director called.

"Thanks, Mr. Director! Me and Ding-a-Ling have been practicing all afternoon! How'd I do, Huck?"

Huckleberry Hound, who was watching from nearby, gave Hokey a big thumbs up. "Way to go, Hokey! That was great!"

"Hey! What about me?"

"You too, Ding-a-Ling! You both did really good!"

"Okay, everyone! That's a wrap for today!" the director called.

As Huck, Hokey and Ding-a-Ling left the soundstage, the wolf let out a heavy sigh.

"Gee, that was a really tough shoot for me to do."

"How come?" Huck asked.

"Because now I'm craving some apple pie!" Hokey replied. "Didn't you see how beautiful those pies on the chuck wagon looked?"

"So how come y'all didn't stick around to eat em'?" Huck asked. "The shoot's over now!"

"I couldn't even if I wanted to, Huck. They're fakes. Mr. Barbera says that using a real pie would make it spoil under those hot studio lights. Ohhh, it's not fair! I love apple pie!"

"Apple pie is good, but what about pumpkin pie?" Huck smiled.

"Pumpkin pie? Hey, that reminds me!" Hokey cried, brightening up. "Thanksgiving is almost here! We should start making preparations!"

"But it's not for another week, Hokey!" Ding-a-Ling said.

"Nonsense, Ding! It's the biggest and bestest feast of the year! That means lots and lots of food, and that means lots and lots of shopping and cooking! We should all pitch in and start preparing together!"

"That's what I was thinking too!" Huck grinned. "After all, I've been holdin' a big Thanksgiving dinner at my house ever since I first moved here, and Jinks, and Pixie and Dixie will be comin' again just like the last couple of years...and I bet Yogi and Boo-Boo will come from Jellystone to join in the celebration too!"

"How come?"

"Because he loves food!" Huck replied. "Why else?"

The three of them began to laugh. "But of course, we've gotta see the parade first," Huck continued "That happens in the morning. And it's even better, 'cause not only do we get to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on TV first thing in the morning, we get to see one right here in town at noon sharp!"