During their journey, Bugs and Laffy ran into their old friend Elmer Fudd.
"Where are you fellers headed?" asked Elmer.
"We're headed to the other side of the forrest in exploration of the beyond," replied Bugs.
"Would you happen to have some room for me, too," asked Elmer.
Bugs and Laffy agreed to have him and continued their way to the other side of their forrest. As they made their way through the forrest, they also picked up a cat, a crow, an egg, and a millstone. The carriage being pulled became awfully heavy with everyone in it. But the mice decided that they would keep on with the journey in order to make it to the other side of the forrest.
After some miles, the mice grew extremely weak and needed to rest for the night.
"Just up here is Herr Korbes home, we came rest there," said Bugs.
When they reached the house, Herr Korbes was not home. So each of them found their own resting place within Herr Korbes home. The cat rested in the warm ashes of the fireplace. The grow perched above the kitchen cabinets. Bug fluffed his tail and curled up on the doormat. Laffy found a large bucket of water to crawl into to rest. The egg rolled her way around until she found a towel on the floor, where she rolled herself up to stay warm. And finally, the millstone laid down above the door and Bugs. They each fell asleep peacefully and soundly.
The next morning, Herr Korbes came bursting through the door. Bug yelled as Herr stepped on his tail, which caused the millstone to slam down on his foot. In a fit of pain, he ran to the cabinets to fetch his splint. The crow was started by the slamming of the cabinets and began to fly around the house cawing and clawing at Herr. infuriated, he ran to the living room and reached for the the pitchfork by the fireplace. Startled, the cat hissed and threw ashes into Herr's face. Blinded by the ashes, Herr ran to bathroom and grabbed a towel to wipe his face. The egg rolled out, cracked, and glued Herr's eyes shut. As he ran to the pantry to fetch the pale of water, Laffy jumped, honked his nose, and bit down on Herr's nose. Without a care to give at this point, Herr grabbed the bucket and dumped it onto his face. He released a loud yell as the water hit his face and everyone ran out of the house and all in different directions.
It was a hard day for Herr Korbes.
Author's Note:
I stayed true to the original story, but changed some of the characters within it. I picked Bugs and Laffy because they are more modern characters from Loony Tunes, which would help connect readers to their personality types and spark their interest into the story. I kept the egg, the cat, and the millstone from the original story and their role in the house. There was a duck in the story, so i just named his Laffy to add more of a tie in for readers an then I changed one of the characters from a pin to Bugs Bunny, because he is the counterbalance to Laffy.
