One fine day, Tom looked over the script for the next Tom And Jerry short and frowned.

"What the heck is this?" He said crossly. "They want the short to end with me being beheaded? What drugs are Will and Joe smoking?"

"Hey, whatever's the matter?" Said a monotone voice behind him, it was Droopy.

"Droopy, I have just looked over the script for me and Jerry's next short.." Began Tom.

"And what's wrong with it?" Asked Droopy.

"Take a look," said Tom.

Droopy scanned over the pages for the script.

"You know what," said Droopy. "I'm mad too. But I'm listening to somebody who stars in a cartoon where characters get their tails cut off and have their feet stamped on."

"Here's the thing, Droopy," said Tom. "This makes having my tail cut off and having my foot stamped on look downright angelic by comparison."

"Why don't you talk to Jerry and see what he thinks," suggested Droopy.

So later that day, Tom went to talk to Jerry.


"Jerry," he asked. "Don't you think that the ending to our next short is terrible?"

"As a matter of fact," said Jerry. "I do. I don't know what Will and Joe were thinking by having this newest short end with you getting guillotined and having me and Nibbles shrug it off."

"You got any bright ideas?" Asked Tom.

"Well, I do have one."

"What is it?"

"I say we roll with the script." Said Jerry.

"Really? No complaining? No suggesting an alternate ending?"

"Here's the thing, Tom," said Jerry. "Within 50 years time people will be able to complain about it to each other. Cartoon producers will be able to learn a lesson from it."

"Fair enough," said Tom.


50 years later...

"It's all Jerry's and Nibbles' fault," someone wrote on an internet forum.

"They stole the food from the banquet and caused Tom to be guillotined!"

"Jerry should've been the one was guillotined!" Said another. "That stupid mouse!"

"Now, hang on a minute here." Said another person. "I'm sure the real Jerry wouldn't do such a thing. It's like the idea of Tom killing Jerry with an axe. And also, your endorsing animal abuse by saying Jerry should be guillotined, I'm not saying what happened to Tom is good but no animal deserves to guillotined."

Tom and Jerry were both looking over this forum thread on Tom's laptop.

"You see, Tom." Said Jerry. "I'm sure one day, a cartoon producer will read these forums and try not to repeat the same mistake that Will and Joe made."

"I'm sure they will, Jerry. I'm sure they will."