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Duped into thinking the world is coming to an end, Hank the Cowdog winds up in town for more adventures, including getting in and out of a case of "soap hydrophobia."

Hank is stricken with "eye-crosserosis," a dangerous condition which threatens his position as head of ranch security, and must seek a cure from the mysterious Madame Moonshine.

Accompanying Slim and Little Alfred into town on a Christmas shopping trip, Hank and Drover run into a wounded buzzard and a gang of toughs that are mean and heartless.

While working on a mysterious case involving disapperaing eggs and a fiddle-playing fox, Hank the Cowdog falls for Miss Beulah, the beautiful collie.

"After his many years as a typical bachelor cowboy, Slim Chance is convinced-- against his will-- that he needs to build his own herd of cattle and invest in the future. So, he takes the plunge, takes out a loan, and takes his newly-bought heifers to a pasture on Viola's father's ranch. But, just about the time his new herd is calved-out and his investment is beginning to look promising, the dry and windy weather conditions put the entire county on...

Pete the barncat swindles the intrepid cowdog out of his job as Head of Ranch Security.

Hank the cowdog must track down Mysterious Esther, an enemy agent, escape the relentless Vampire Vacuum Sweeper, confront town dog Buster and his gang, and thwart marauding trespassers threatening to stampede the cattle.

Nobody on the ranch has seen a drought like the one this summer, ponds have dried up, the creek is down, and the cows are kicking up dust. Then there is a prairie fire. There is a desperate need for rain, and Pete the Barncat is trying to ruin Loper's birthday.

Hank the Cowdog investigates reports of a phantom dog on the ranch.

When Slim is left to take care of the ranch and little Alfred, who has the measles, he gets sick himself and a freak blizzard sets in, leaving Hank to try to get things under control.