Gabby Hayes Western #15

Chief Gray Matter just wants a peaceful afternoon, but his inquisitive grandson Little White Cloud has other ideas—and when the boy asks what keeps the sun suspended above, the Chief's answer might be the most creative bit of wisdom (or wordplay) a tired elder has ever offered.

Gabby Hayes teams up with Bighorn Bill, "The Bloodhound of the West," a private detective whose exceptional sense of smell makes him the perfect tracker—until a chance encounter leaves Bill's nose temporarily scrambled. Determined to catch the cunning Peppermint Kid and settle his debt, Gabby sets out on his own to track down the masked bandit by scent, only to discover the outlaw has a few tricks of his own up his sleeve.

When Young Falcon is turned away from Belltown's annual rodeo for being too young, he's determined to prove himself—but a chance discovery of bandits robbing the prize money wagon gives him a far more urgent way to demonstrate his worth. Armed with his lariat and quick thinking, Young Falcon takes on the thieves single-handedly to recover the stolen cash and catch the notorious Flynn Brothers. By the time the dust settles, the doubters learn that true strength has nothing to do with size.

Gabby Hayes, the loyal old foreman of the Bar Nothing, refuses to part with his massive pet elephant Jumbo, even when the ranch's owner Ellie demands the creature be shipped away to an eastern zoo—but when a vengeful former hand sabotages the ranch's dam to destroy everything, Jumbo's unexpected heroics put the mammoth right back where he belongs. It's a tale of stubborn devotion and surprising redemption out on the frontier.

When a team of runaway horses scatters a doctor's medical supplies into the Badlands, Gabby Hayes sets out to track them down and save the town—only to find himself mistaken for an evil spirit by the Nuthatchy Indians, who are suffering from a mysterious "fall-down sickness." Trapped in the village and facing execution, Gabby has to use his wits to uncover the real cause of the tribe's ailment before he becomes the victim of the "Heave-Ho Death." It's a wild mix of frontier humor and genuine mystery as this public-spirited cowpoke turns detective to save both the tribe and the doctor's practice.