Fawcett's Funny Animals #27

When oil strikes Timothy T. Tightwad's land, the whole town smells opportunity—but Billy the Kid suspects the deal is too good to be true. After sneaking a look at the operation, Billy discovers a scheme to swindle folks out of their farms, and gets trapped trying to warn the townspeople. Now the smartest two-gun toter in the West has to outsmart the con artists before the contracts are signed away for good.

Willie gives a visitor directions to Lehigh Gulch, but with a twist—he doles them out in installments, forcing the traveler to return for each segment rather than risk confusion from hearing everything at once. It's a cheeky bit of animal logic that leaves the poor wayfarer thoroughly exasperated.

Willie the Worm and Sammy take on laborer jobs to toughen up, but their first morning on the job turns chaotic when they stumble upon escaped prisoners hiding at the work site. After a wild chase involving a steam-roller, a convenient hole, and a patch of wet tar, the two find themselves in an unexpected position to stop the criminals.

Fuzzy Bear is one lazy fellow—he'd rather sleep fourteen hours and dodge work than earn an honest wage, but when his friend Benny Beaver lands him a job at the lumber company, Fuzzy's unique approach to efficiency gets him in hot water with the boss. This 1945 funny animal tale from Fawcett proves that sometimes laziness catches up with you, even if Fuzzy thinks he's outsmarted the system.