Felix lets Skiddoo go free, and refuses to beg for food from a butcher, believing that he has a hefty feast waiting for him at home. But it isn’t so. Now Felix tries and fails to catch Skiddoo. He is rebuffed by both a fisherman and a fish. He climbs a washline to siphon milk from a bottle, but is knocked to the ground. Finally he steals meat from a lion’s cage and takes the lot, along with his lumps.