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Sylvester Cat slips when making a grab for Tweety Bird in Granny's flat, and falls dazed to the floor as one of Tweety's feathers lands in his mouth. Tweety runs off. Sylvester comes to and finds the feather lodged between his lips. He thinks he has swallowed and killed Tweety and suffers terrible remorse as an Alfred Hitchcock-like voice-over chides him for his "crime". Sylvester cracks, runs into the streets confessing, and returns to Granny's place, where he finds he didn't eat Tweety after all.—Kevin McCorry <mmccorry@nb.sympatico.ca>

A Hitchcock-type narrator welcomes us to the film, and explains that it will be "a story about murder".

Sylvester prepares to capture Tweety as its owner Granny briefly steps out of the house. He manages to remove Tweety from its birdcage using a stack of items to reach it, but he loses his balance and falls, getting knocked out. Tweety quickly flees. When Sylvester comes to, he finds one of Tweety's feathers in his mouth. He becomes convinced that he has finally eaten Tweety, and flees just before Granny returns. The narrator taunts him for "getting rid of that helpless little blue-eyed menace to society", although Sylvester expresses no regret for what the narrator calls a murder. He becomes panicked after seeing a newspaper headline reading "POLICE HUNT THE CAT", and hears police sirens in the distance. He flees back to his own residence.

Sylvester begins to show signs of anxiety, being frightened by numerous items. When he turns on a radio, the announcer fluffs his lines; he is supposed to say "And now your local gas company will present chamber music for your enjoyment," but starts by saying "And now your local company will present gas chamber music..." before correcting himself. The minor slip-up frightens Sylvester, and he turns the radio off. Sylvester takes out a book to read, but he is greatly distressed when one of the characters turns out to be "a cute little blue-eyed baby bird". He also spends an endless amount of time pacing, eventually breaking a hole in the floor.

Sylvester attempts to calm himself by chain smoking cigarettes and drinking excessive amounts of coffee, but this only makes him worse. He is completely unable to sleep, and tries to take numerous sleeping pills. This too is ineffectual. Eventually, Sylvester has an emotional breakdown, expressing severe regret over the murder he believes he has committed. The narrator suggests Sylvester give himself up, and he runs to Granny's house in an emotional rage.

However, when Sylvester arrives, he discovers that Tweety is alive and well. He is relieved, and takes Tweety out of his cage and starts kissing him. Unfortunately, Granny catches him, believes he is trying to eat Tweety again, and chases him out of the house while beating him senseless.

The narrator concludes by quoting Shakespeare. Sylvester throws a brick at him from offscreen, which hits him in the head. The narrator exits with a droll "Good evening." Fade out.