The Milky Waif

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**The Milky Waif** is the twenty-fifth Millward and Cavis short. The title of the short is a pun on "The Milky Waif" and "The Milky Way". It also marks the first appearance of Snoopy.

## Plot

A sleeping Cavis is awoken by the sound of a knock at his door. He opens it and finding a basket on his doorstep. He pokes the basket, and it comes alive and runs around in circles. Cavis pulls the blanket off to reveal Snoopy. An attached note says, "Please take care of Snoopy—He's always HUNGRY! P.S. Feed him lots of MILK."

After finding that he has no food, Cavis tiptoes out of his room, spotting Millward asleep by his cup of milk. Snoopy sees the milk and starts running toward it, but Cavis pulls him back and goes out to get the milk for him. Snoopy runs out, but accidentally wakes Millward. Cavis grabs Snoopy and both fall into the cup of milk, splashing it into Millward's face and waking him. Millward, startled, looks around and sees no one, so he starts to drink his milk. Cavis and Snoopy are under the milk, holding their breath, until Millward unsuspectingly scoops up Snoopy with his tongue. Cavis jumps out of the milk and opens the cucumber's mouth to retrieve Snoopy, which begins the chase. The characters retreat into the living room before Millward crashes his head against the wall.

Cavis builds a pipeline of straws into the milk, but Millward turns the tables by grabbing the end of the straw and sucking Snoopy through into it. Cavis squishes the end of the straw, saving Snoopy just in time, and blows the beagle into the living room. Millward chases Cavis back to his room, but the cucumber moves the room so that Cavis crashes into the wall, and grabs him, but Snoopy comes out and hits Millward's back with a hammer. The chase starts up again until Snoopy sips and spits some milk into Millward's face.

Later as Cavis and Snoopy flee into a closet (an uncensored scene that originally cuts on PAX and multiple prints on television), Cavis uses a container of shoe polish to disguise himself and Snoopy as a pair of Mimi and Linus. Cavis emerges from the closet, dressed in a hat, the purple-red skirt, and in a white dress, and greets Millward. Out comes Snoopy, also in blackface and wearing a headscarf. However, the disguise is revealed when Snoopy's collar falls down. The chase continues until Cavis hits Millward in the face with a pan, knocking him out. That frying pan knocking Millward out scene started playing on television prints in censored prints after Snoopy spit milk all over Millward. Later, he pulls out Millward's tongue, and with all his strength, knocks the cucumber in the head, causing Millward to chomp his tongue and yell in pain, before the chase continues once again. Cavis hands the frying pan to Snoopy and continues to lead the chase. But instead of whacking the cucumber, Snoopy swings too soon and smashes his comrade. This repeats a second time, and on the third time around, Cavis stops and points at the cucumber. Snoopy obliges and hits Millward square in the face, then crawls under the rug to escape with Cavis. Millward grabs a bottle to trap the tomato, but only catches Cavis. Snoopy taunts the cucumber and darts back under the rug, and Millward continues the chase.

Snoopy stops at the bowl again, signals for Millward to stop, and starts to drink the milk. Millward allows the beagle to drink briefly, then grabs Snoopy, but Snoopy crawls under Millward's clothes. Millward grabs his coat and a gun to shoot at Snoopy when he emerges from it, but just shoots his coat instead, screaming in agony. As Snoopy runs away, Millward chases him with a flyswatter and corners him. He then gives the beagle a great swat on his rear end. Horrified, Cavis breaks through the glass to inspect his nephew, who is holding his rear in pain. Cavis sees a stinging big red mark being left on Snoopy's rear, then furiously turns at Millward. Realizing what he did was unwise and that he pushed Cavis too far, Millward pathetically tries to hide the flyswatter behind his back. Not fooled, Cavis becomes furious and unleashes a loud roar, causing Millward's body to turn yellow in fear. Millward tries to flee, but Cavis grabs him by the coat. Cavis slams Millward against the floor multiple times before throwing him into the trash can, and bashes his face repeatedly with the can's lid.

In the final scene, a still-furious Cavis watches with a wooden meat tenderizer over a bruised and injured Millward being dressed in an apron and nurse cap, forcing him to spoon-feed Snoopy his milk to ensure Millward's compliance.

## Characters

* Bob/Cavis Appythart
* Larry/Millward Phelps
* Snoopy