Then, the camera zooms to a hole in the ground, from which emerges a worm (who eventually is revealed to be a caricature of Lou Costello) wearing a bowler hat.

He wishes he could get rid of the bird, and then he sees a chance: a cat that has just failed in his effort to catch a mouse.

The plan goes well until the cat engages in dopey conversation and fails to eat the bird, who escapes.

The bird soon disengages, pops out of a hollow in the tree and hits the still-racing cat with a club.

After uttering, "Ouch" the cat embarks on a swearing rant (a word-stamp appears indicating Censored Dialogue).

He runs away and attempts to jump back into his home; the bird is waiting in the hole, mouth open.

Retrieving the bat, the bird sets up to return the bashing, but stops himself when he sees the worm is actually standing on the cat's head.

The bird ducks behind a tree; but the cat continues, and crashes through a series of warning signs: "DEAD END", "CURVE AHEAD", "STOP", "DETOUR", "BRIDGE OUT", and "ROAD CLOSED".

From his hole, the worm pokes out a stick with his hat on top (he has done this throughout the cartoon) to check the general safety of the area.

The worm, standing in the road on which the bird and cat are running, holds up a sign reading "DETOUR".

Upon witnessing their fall, and hearing them hit the ground, the worm produces a bugle, plays a small portion of "Taps", then breaks into a jazz riff.

Heading home, the worm expresses sorrow at the apparent death of the cat but, as he eases into his hole he says, "Oh well, at least I finally got rid of that darned old early bird."