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1956 · 7 mins · English
Directed by
Charles August Nichols
Starring
Clarence Nash, Bill Thompson

On a calm city day, the duck J.J. Fate appears to explain that accidents are caused by people, not destiny, using Donald Duck as a case study. Donald repeatedly lights his pipe amid a gas leak, slips on a rug with a fish‑bowl, overloads outlets and tumbles down stairs. Fed up, he repairs his home to prevent further mishaps, illustrating the lesson that blame belongs on carelessness, not fate.

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