While Slim and Loper are away from the ranch for three days, Hank suffers from - is it a double bumblebee sting, or much worse? It falls upon Sally May to nurse the stricken Hank back to health. Her patience and compassion are seriously tested, while the afflicted Hank endures humiliation at the hands of Pete, Wallace and Junior, and an insulting veterinarian. Does Sally May care after all?
New songs include: “I Was Bitten on the Nose by a Rattlesnake” and “Eating Bugs is Lots of Fun.”
Hank encounters the weirdest cat he’s ever seen, when he, Slim, Drover, and Little Alfred head over to the Hodge’s place to feed the cattle. Hank gets bumped out of the back of the Cammo-Stealth army truck, Mary D. Cat is the only one around to help keep Rip and Snort at bay. Will Slim realize Hank is missing in action? Is Mary D. Cat really a vampire? Or could it be--gulp--that she’s a good cat after all?
Songs are “Ode to a Mother Skunk” and “The Cannibal Way.”
Pete warns Hank that a stray dog has invaded the ranch and is lurking inside the machine shed. Naturally, Hank goes to investigate, and sure enough, he finds the Phantom Dog--in an old mirror stored in the machine shed. But then Drover looks into the same mirror and sees a “Handsome Prince.” Holy smokes, it appears
that two dogs have invaded the ranch!
The story features two new songs “Poor Me” and “Gloria.”
Wonder if cattle rustlers still exist? Well, they do. Hank and Slim go on a camping trip to see if they can catch the mysterious stranger who is stealing calves. Hank devours all of Slim’s camp meat (weenies) and chews the
tent rope in half during a thunderstorm. Slim gets soaked, but fortunately he never figures out why the rope broke.
Hear “See the Morning Sun Ascending” and “Alas and Alack,” which tells of a cowboy who went to the circus.
Against her better judgement, Sally May leaves the ranch in Slim’s care. While Slim naps, Hank and Little Alfred subject strawberry ice cream to rigorous product testing and then go for a ride in a mysterious spaceship. But it’s when Slim finally awakens that their adventures really begin. Hank saves Slim from sure death, endures a terrible whipping from the Hooking Bull, and much, much more.
On the audio version you will hear “Just Another Cowboy Day,” and Wallace and Junior singing “Family Fugue.”
What happens when Hank the Cowdog finds himself stuck in town and facing the mean, monster Great Dane, “Rambo”? Rambo’s only weakness is that he’s a car-barkaholic. He just can’t resist chasing and barking at passing cars. Join Hank as he runs the Eighteen-wheeler Marathon, charms his
nieces and nephews with tales of courage, and enlists Dog-Pound Ralph in a scheme to banish Rambo.
You will hear Hank sing “The Chicken Bone
Blues” and “Hymn to the Home.”
A terrible winter storm strikes the Texas Panhandle. Down at Slim’s place, Hank and Drover listen to the wind howling outside, watching the snow pile up outside. The phone rings. It’s High Loper. Baby Molly has a bad cough and needs medicine. Can Hank go out into the blizzard and make it all the way to Headquarters with the cough medicine? Or will he be captured and eaten by Rip and Snort?
Rip and Snort sing “We Don’t Give a Hoot” and Hank does a touching ballad called “Oh Flee, My Love.”
Hank makes a foolish bet with his archenemy, Pete the Barncat, that he can catch the Lumberpile Bunny. He loses the wager, his job, his pride, and even his gunny sack bed under the gas tanks. Hank begins to plot
revenge. He must dispose of the cat. That sounds simple. But without Pete, Hank discovers scrap time has lost all its joy and meaning.
Hear two songs: “I Must Dispose of the Cat” and “Prairie Vespers.”
A convoy of circus trucks is passing through the ranch. The last truck in the column hits a bump and a large red box falls off and comes to rest in the pasture. Hank and Drover investigate the box and discover that it contains a circus monkey. Pete advises Hank not to open it, but Hank’s curiosity gets the best of him. What follows is fun and adventure.
Listen to two new songs: “Monkey Business” and “I Can See You Now.”
Wallace the Buzzard flies through the windshield of Slim’s pickup. Wounded and knocked silly, he goes to town with Slim, Hank, Drover, and Little Alfred, to watch a Santa Claus parade. Is Wallace Christmas dinner for Buster and Muggs? A sniveling poodle versus Hank?
Junior sings “My Daddy Had a Wreck Today,” and Wallace sings “A Pox, A Pox on Emily Post.”
