[2] Youngsters Wheezer and Dorothy live with their wicked stepmother (Blanche Payson) and her bratty son Sherwood – whom they derisively call "Spud".

It also brings tender comfort for Wheezer from Dorothy and Pete, whose close-up reveals big lush tears rolling down his concerned snout.

Stymie wistfully rhapsodizes about the spread he'd put together for both of them, and we cut back repeatedly to Pete, whose mouth is watering at the mention of all the fine food.

Stymie arrives at the kitchen door, where Wheezer and Dorothy have only mush to eat, while Spud and Nero enjoy ham and eggs.

Spurred by the aromas of the kitchen, Stymie runs a con job on Spud, telling him that ham and eggs can talk: "I heard 'em talkin' this mornin'".

To disprove it, skeptical Spud cooks up a heapin' frying pan of ham and eggs, then loses interest and goes outside when the egg-to-ham dialogue fails to materialize.

At the pound, Wheezer gazes at Pete through the fence and cries until a kind lady (Lyle Tayo) asks what's the matter.

Likewise, the scene with Stymie and Pete discussing food and some of the ham-and-egg routine were excised for racial stereotyping.