- [Tom tries to sidle to the wall, not knowing that the nearby basement door slams into him]
- Uncle Pecos: Here, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, k-k-kitty! Don't try to stop me, n-n-nephew! Here, kitty, kitty, kitty...
- [the inside of the door breaks, revealing a flattened Tom]
- Uncle Pecos: Oh, there you are.
- Uncle Pecos: Come back here, you ornery critter! I don't aim to let one...
- [Tom slams the bread cover on Uncle Pecos]
- Uncle Pecos: [opens hatch] ... little cat whisker stand in between fame and f-f-fortune! Bend down here, cat! Let's have a mighty, little t-t-talk.
- [Tom shuts splitting door, only to end up closing the top door]
- Uncle Pecos: Stand still! T'ain't gonna hurt much if I yank it out...
- [Tom swats Pecos with a mop]
- Uncle Pecos: [muffled talk]
- [out of the mop]
- Uncle Pecos: I got to have a whisker! I just gotta have one, that's all!