Bootle Beetle
Aug 22 1947
•0h 7m
•Animation, Comedy
An older beetle of a rare variety advises a young passerby against crossing a stream, where he is likely to get trapped by bug collector Donald, as he himself almost was when he was young.
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Clarence Nash
Donald Duck
Dink Trout
Bootle Beetle
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