Now That Summer is Gone

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"Now That Summer is Gone" is a 1938 cartoon short by Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies that told about a lazy squirrel that gambled for winter nuts against the other squirrels instead of gathering them himself.

Despite his father's words of advise not to gamble, the young squirrel still insists on the "easy way" on getting his nuts for winter! Before the first snow comes, the young squirrel is told to get their winter supply of nuts from the bank & just before he leaves the front door, his father reminds him "and remember; no gambling!" On his way home with the winter supply of nuts, the young squirrel sees a stranger who offers him a game of chance; and the foolish young squirrel (despite his father's warning) quickly jumps at the chance! But through his best efforts, the foolish young squirrel lost at every chance game! He was out of luck, and now he was out of the entire supply of winter nuts! That is when the snow started to fall & the foolish squirrel headed home with no nuts and no luck in telling his father the truth. So as he entered his home he made up a lie telling his father that he was robbed by bandits; on how he was jumped & badly attacked by them. But his lying ended very quickly as he discovered that the stranger who won the winter supply of nuts from him was none other than his own father! His father did it to teach his gambling son a lesson. Too bad it did not work. When his father was about to paddle his son as punishment, he told his father " i'll flip you for it, double or nothing". The episode ended with the foolish squirrel's end being heavily paddled!

Now That Summer is Gone at the Internet Movie Database