在这部老鼠的麻烦喜剧/动画/短片/家庭片中,汤姆邮购了一本书，名为《如何捉老鼠》。它按照书中的章节逐个尝试，要么不灵验，要么就被杰瑞一一破解。两个小家伙的战争并未就此结束，它们在家中大打出手，从最初的老鼠夹子到各类工具再到烟花炮竹，无所不用其极，都成了它们的制胜武器。然而无论汤姆多么努力，最终倒霉的似乎只有它自己……
本片荣获1945年奥斯卡最佳动画短片奖。
Tom is excited when the postman brings a package; it's the Random Mouse book "How to Catch a Mouse." Tom tries each chapter in succession: locating the mouse, the basic trap, the snare, being scientific, and preying on the mouse's curiosity. At each turn, Jerry uses the chapter's information better than Tom, so Tom turns to brute force: a mallet, a bear trap, a double-barreled shotgun, and a mountain of explosives. By the end, will the cat or the mouse have earned his eternal heavenly reward?
