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''. In the short film, Chip 'n' Dale wander into a farmyard to collect acorns. Dale mistakes an egg for a nut, but when he tries to demonstrate to a newly hatched chick how to get back into the egg, a rooster mistakes him for one of his chicks, much to Chip's amusement.

Plot

Chip 'n' Dale are gathering nuts; the nuts fall into the chicken pen. When Dale is playing around with some eggs, one hatches. The chick leaves, and Dale has to pretend to be a chick to avoid the wrath of the rooster.

Voice Cast

* Jimmy MacDonald as Chip *

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as Dale *

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and Louise Myers as Hens *

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as Baby Chicks * Mary Lawrence as Rooster

Releases

Television

* Walt Disney Presents, episode #5.20: "The Adventures of Chip 'n' Dale" * Good Morning, Mickey, episode #47 * The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.48: "The Return of Chip 'n Dale"

Home media

VHS

* The Adventures of Chip 'n' Dale * A Tale of Two Chipmunks

DVD

* Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites, Vol. 4: Starring Chip 'n' Dale * Chip 'n' Dale Volume 1: Here Comes Trouble

References

External links

* *
Chicken in the Rough
' at The Internet Animation Database

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