Tom the wise cat

I was watchin' Tom & Jerry this Sunday and enjoyed myself immensely - so, what's new? :)

One of the stories that I watched was about a million dollars that Tom is to get on the condition that he doesn't harm anyone (including a mouse). And of course, the only mouse that Tom knows is Jerry. And this means that Tom cannot dare to even intimidate Jerry if he wants the money. This is the situation/context. As usual, our good old Jerry can't help but tease Tom. So, the saga continues. Every time Tom loses his cool and gets near Jerry to strangle him or give him a whacking, Jerry pulls out a paper (from nowhere) with the condition and highlights the "should not harm even a mouse" part of it :). Finally, Jerry gets on Tom's nerves so much that the latter tears up the sheet that states the condition, holds Jerry's tail with a single strong finger (which prevents Jerry from running away) and looks at me (the audience) with a forlorn face and says - (these are golden words!)

"Gee! I am throwing away a million dollars!" and then the expression changes from false disappointment to ecstasy and he goes on to say "But, I am HAPPY!"

:-) Think about it!

PS: Errr.....I guess I have to provide an explanation here (see Veera's comments). :) I did not mean that it is a great thing for Tom to 'harm' Jerry rather than clean up a million dollars! :) I love the little mouse. And for that matter I love the cat too! I can't imagine life without Tom 'n' Jerry! The message here is actually just the last quote (by Tom) and not really so much associated with the context as in the intention to harm someone! :) Hey, come to think of it, Tom and Jerry are actually great pals! They just play around and can fortunately do just about anything (put the other on the oven, run down the other with a truck, push the other down a 100-storey building... :)) to each other without getting involved in a murder or hospitalization. Hee Hee :) The message is simply that money is not everything; Being happy is what makes all the difference. You can shoot down an offer for a million dollars to safe-guard the friendly fights with your best friend, man!