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After they leave the bar Thomson buys his glum friend, Whiskers, a parcel of sausages. The sausages attract a persistent retinue of hungry dogs, but Thomson eventually comes up with a way to get rid of the sausages, the dogs, and an irate balloon-seller all at the same time.