Hi-Jinx #6

When a swimming championship puts Tommy out of commission with a cold, his pal Square steps up to face off against the neighborhood bully in a five-mile race—armed with nothing but questionable determination and some creative last-minute training methods. What starts as an underdog bid for glory becomes a hilarious scramble involving outboard motors, rope work, and one competitor who definitely wasn't cut out for the water, all in service of hometown pride.

A trio of young entrepreneurs launches a dog laundry business and snags their first customer—a pampered pooch named Rinaldo who needs grooming before a big pointing contest. When one of the boys accidentally uses starch instead of soap, the dog ends up rigid as a board, and the crew has to deliver their stiffened client to the competition anyway. What unfolds is a hilarious chain of misunderstandings that somehow turns disaster into triumph.

A young boy named Bertie dreams of having a golden touch so he can afford the bike he wants, but his mother tells him an old story about King Midas to change his mind. When the tale reveals itself as more complicated than a simple wish—King Midas discovers his curse makes everything, even food and clothes, impossible to enjoy—Bertie learns that patience and saving might be worth more than magic after all.

When an unfortunate chemistry experiment leaves a young animal's roof in tatters, he and his pals dream up a series of increasingly wild money-making schemes to raise enough cash for repairs before his beloved pigeons pack up and leave. "Raisin' the Roof" is a rollicking romp through get-rich-quick disasters and accidental success, where the Hepcats discover that sometimes the path to solving a problem is messier than the problem itself.