Rooster, that is." Henery does not buy this and when Foghorn asks him, "What am I then, boy?" Henery responds that he is "a loud-mouthed shnook". Foghorn interrupts this, asking, "What's the gimmick? What's it all about?" When Henery replies that he has just caught himself a chicken, Foghorn guffaws, saying, "That's no chicken, son. He takes a hammer, hits the sleeping dog over the head, and proceeds to haul his prize across the barnyard. Finally, the chicken hawk walks away and comes upon Barnyard Dawg's house, which, due to his father's false stories about chickens, he assumes is a "chicken's cave". On his way to find a chicken, Henery is intercepted by Foghorn and his insufferable wordplay. A yellow stripe down his back is quite apparent as a sign of cowardice as he walks away. Having arrived on the scene, Henery asks, "Hey, was that a chicken, Pop?" His father summons some false bravado and claims he would never allow a chicken to treat him that way, that Foghorn is nothing but a "loud-mouthed shnook". (Two years later, in A Fractured Leghorn, Foghorn uses this technique several times against a cat when the two are after the same worm). Foghorn does not allow the bird to get a word in edgewise, however with his stomach, the rooster bumps Henery's father across the barnyard and kicks him out. Foghorn approaches, demanding he "unhand those fair barnyard flowers", and insists on an explanation from the chicken hawk. Henery's father invades a coop and struts out with a couple of traumatized chickens. I'm a chicken hawk and I've never even seen a chicken." He determines to get his first one that day. After his father leaves, Henery remarks, "A fine thing. He says that Henery is too small, and goes on to reinforce the tall tales he has told about what a chicken looks like and how formidable they are. Henery Hawk's father will not allow him to go along to raid a chicken coop and capture chickens. The cartoon was released on October 9, 1948, and features Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk and the Barnyard Dawg. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The Foghorn Leghorn is a 1948 Warner Bros.
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