Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: cartoon opens on Valentine note to Toots from Tom with pink ribbon tied to Jerry inside gift box, Fact2: Tom shouts before dropping box and hiding behind pillar on porch, Fact3: Jerry grabs ear of corn and plants it in box, Fact4: zoot suit gives Tom idea to make own zoot suit and dazzle his intended, Fact5: Tom returns determined to flatten Jerry with fireplace shovel
Output (English): The cartoon opens on a Valentine note to Toots from Tom, with a pink ribbon tied to Jerry inside a gift box. Meanwhile, Tom gets ready for a date, his whiskers in curlers. Tom knocks on the door, rings the doorbell and shouts before dropping the box and hiding behind a pillar on the porch. Toots opens the door and is pleasantly surprised at the gift. Tom then attempts to impress Toots by playing a ukulele and dancing. Finally, Tom presents her with a bouquet of flowers, but a loose floorboard smacks him in the face and knocks him flat. Toots responds with a scathing disparagement of Tom in jive talk, while Jerry nods in agreement to her words. After she throws the gift back at Tom, Jerry grabs an ear of corn and plants it in the box, signifying that Toms efforts were corny slang for outdated. Tom then hears a radio commercial for a zoot suit, which gives Tom an idea: to make his own zoot suit and dazzle his intended. On his knocking on the door again, Toots is now electrified and Jerry shocked to see Tom in the impressive outfit. Tom lights a cigar as Toots compliments his new, hip look before inviting him inside. They start to jive dance and Jerry politely cuts in, dancing a few steps with Toots before Tom realizes whats going on. Tom chases Jerry, who escapes by jumping into an ashtray and rubbing a burning cigarette butt on Tom’s nose. Jerry then peels a banana and throws the skin onto the floor, which sends Tom crashing into a piano. But he recovers in majestic form and starts to play, taking on the persona of a suave, romantic lover and trying to impress Toots by using a Charles Boyeresque voice. Jerry then sticks matches in Toms toes, and lights them in order to give him a hot foot. Tom unwittingly continues with a firerelated wooing until the flames engulf his feet. He pauses, sniffs the smokefilled air, and remarks in a Groucho Marx voice Say, something is burning around here!, then realizes what is burning and leaps about screaming. Jerry resumes dancing with Toots. Tom returns, determined to flatten Jerry with a fireplace shovel. A chase ensues. Jerry hides behind a table leg and uses his foot to trip Tom. Jerry clips the hanger in Toms jacket to a windowshade, then kicks Tom in the eye. Tom angrily pursues the fleeing mouse, but the shade rolls back taking Tom with it. By the window, Tom is dunked in a fishbowl. This causes the zoot suit to shrink and eventually pop off his body. Jerry jumps into the shrunken suit, which is now a perfect fit for him. He then struts away, pleased with his new zoot suit.