Self Control
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Donald hears a radio philosopher advise to laugh and count ten when he gets angry. He tries it successfully, then settles into his hammock for a nap. Between a caterpillar and the hen chasing it, he’s soon tangled up and counting ten again. He also shrugs off a bird using his lemonade as a birdbath, but when a woodpecker attacks his apple tree, burying Donald in apples, he snaps.
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Curator’s rating
Donald takes a radio philosopher's advice on managing his temper, with entirely predictable results. It is the clearest statement of the character's central joke — Donald genuinely wants to be a better duck, and the world will not permit it — and it makes the eventual eruption feel like tragedy rather than misbehaviour.