![]() ![]() A beautiful young woman even falls into his arms before he suddenly remembers and says aloud, “puppy biscuits.” People nearby snicker at him as he heads to the store to buy dog treats. He’s being questioned for murder because he’s a crack shot with any type of gun. ![]() Overshoes in hand, he plunges into a daydream where he’s on the witness stand. Walking down Main Street to look for a shoe store, Mitty tries to recall the other item his wife asked him to buy. Mitty remembers, with irritation, how his wife always makes him take his car to the shop to get chains off after he flubbed the job once. The garage attendant who parks his car has to remind him to leave the keys. Barely avoiding a car wreck, Mitty returns to reality. This time, he’s the only one out of a panel of elite doctors who can save a dying man. Passing a hospital sends Mitty into another daydream. Mitty pulls away, daydreaming, and annoys other motorists with his inattentive driving. She silences him when he insists he doesn’t need them. As Mitty drops off his wife at the hairdresser, she reminds him to get overshoes. She doesn’t realize she’s just rousted him from a daydream in which he was commanding a Navy hydroplane in near-hurricane conditions. ![]() She wishes aloud that he would go see the doctor. She complains he’s driving too fast and that he seems tense. Walter Mitty and his wife take their usual trip into town so she can get her hair done. ![]()
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