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hitting the steel drum with a rock (Calypso cat thought Tom had kicked it). Obviously, Tom retaliates and the two start to fight each other, using the drums sticks and steel drum as weapons. Tom loses the fight when
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definitely splash on her cheeks while she was smelling the bouquet of flowers. Not long later, after the
Persian cat gets splashed into a ship pipe and her bow tie is tied onto her lips she smacks Tom on the part below the mouth. The cat's mouth enlarges virtually long right after being smacked by the female cat, then Tom makes it back to normal.
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Jerry follows Tom onto the boat and proceeds to interfere with Tom's subsequent flirtations. On board the ship, Tom gives the
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He dashes after the female cat down the steps at the edge of the ship, pleading for forgiveness but she seems to be paying no attention to him. Tom holds the
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