The Tales of Huckleberry Hound: Season 4

18. The Party Plan

One morning, Huckleberry Hound was getting ready to go out, when he looked at the calendar. September 30th was right around the corner. Huck remembered that someone's birthday fell on that day: his best friend, Snagglepuss!

"Shuckins! Snag is my best friend, so I wanna make his birthday extra special!" the hound said to himself. "But what could I do? I better gather the other fellers together so's we can discuss some ideas!"

He went over to his telephone, and rang up his friends, including Mr. Jinks, Hokey Wolf, Ding-a-Ling, Pixie and Dixie.

"Meet me over at my house later!" he said to each of his pals. "We got something important to talk about!"

And after he hung up, he decided that it was a nice day to go roller skating. So he put on his skates, and skated into town for a little while to get some fresh air. Of course, he also couldn't help but swing by the candy store to grab a bag of gumdrops. Those were some of his most favorite candies of all.

A little while later, he ran into Hokey and Ding-a-Ling on his way back home. "Howdy!" he called to the two wolves.

Hokey was on his unicycle, while Ding was on a tricycle. "Hello there, Huck!" Hokey replied. "Say, what's with the roller skates?"

"Oh, I just decided to go roller skating today," Huck replied. "It's a heap of fun! And besides, it's a pretty day!"

"It sure is!" Ding agreed. "The air feels great!"

"What's the big meeting for though?" Hokey wondered.

"I'll explain once Jinks, Pixie and Dixie get here," Huck said. "In fact, I think I see them comin' right now!"

And just as he said that, Jinks came pedaling his bicycle, while Pixie and Dixie sat in the basket.

"We're here, Huck!" Dixie called.

"Yoo-hoo!" Jinks called out. "We've arrived, Huck!"

"Howdy, fellers!" Huck answered. "Y'all are just in time! Come on in!"

The gang all parked their wheels outside in the driveway as Huck removed his skates, then they gathered at the kitchen table.

"So, the reason I called y'all here is because I just realized that there's a very special day comin' up soon!"

"Hey! Where's Snagglepuss?" Dixie asked.

"Yeah! How come you didn't invite him?" Pixie added.

"Because, this is supposed to be a surprise for him!" Huck explained. "It's his birthday surprise!"

"Oh, yeah, I almost forgot that he told us that!" Jinks realized. "What should we do?"

"Well, that's what I was hopin' y'all could help me figure out," Huck said. "What could we do for Snag on his birthday that he loves so much?"

"Hey! Didn't he say that he enjoyed watching a play?" Pixie asked.

"Yeah, and he likes reciting plays too!" Dixie said.

"Say, that's it!" Ding cried. "Why don't we take him to a play, Huck?"

"You guys are geniuses!" Huck shouted. "Why didn't I think of that! If there's one thing I know he'd love, it's a play!"

"Hmm! I think there's a community theater here in town!" Hokey said. "We should go and see what kind of play they're putting on!"

"Great idea, Hokey!" Huck smiled. "We'll go and take a look!"

So the gang headed into town together to see what play the community theater was putting on. They found their answer on a poster outside the building.

"Wow! This sounds like a great play!" Jinks exclaimed. "It's called 'One Golden Year!' Wonder what it's about?"