"So here's my plan," said Cagney to Goopy. "I'm gonna dig a hole outside Hilda's front door, name it Love, and when she opens the door I'll jump in."
"Why?"
"So Hilda will fall in Love with me."
Goopy facepalmed. "That's stupid."
"Hey, it's not stupid if it works." Cagney had his blueprint laid out. All it was was a crudely drawn sketch of him and Hilda falling into a hole. "Shh! Hilda's coming!"
She opened her door. At that moment, expecting her to fall in, Cagney jumped in. "Whee!"
All she did was stand and stare, much to Cagney's dismay.
"Dang it... hey, could you help me out of here?"
"Seriously, dude?" She turned her back. "Whatever this is, I'm not falling for it. Pun intended."
"I've got you covered." Goopy reached out and pulled the flower up.
"Thanks, pal."
"No prob. I'm fried, let's go grab a drink."
"Finally, he's gone." Hilda resumed business as usual, closing her door. "I swear, his ways of flirting have gotten strange..."
Meanwhile, two rats were on their way to see Hilda: Werner Werman and his new friend Winnipeg, a pretty gray female rat. They were too focused on their conversation to notice the big hole up ahead of them.
"Also, wie ich schon sagte über Mugman..." ("So, as I said about Mugman...")
It was then that Winnipeg noticed. "Werner—!"
It was too late as he tripped and fell into the hole. "GYAAAAAH!"
"Mein Gott!" ("My God!")
"Winnipeg?! Was ist das!?" ("Winnipeg?! What is this!?")
She looked down into the hole. "Ich weiß nicht... Werner, bist du okay? ("I don't know... Werner, are you okay?")
"Ja. Hilfe bitte?" ("Yes. Help please?")
"Na klar." ("Of course.") Winnipeg reached a hand down into the hole, only to lose her footing and tumble right in with him. "Oh... entschuldigung." ("Oh. Sorry.")
So while Cagney and Hilda didn't fall in Love that day, another (un)lucky couple did...