A robbery takes place. A lynx has broken into the general store and stolen a can of beans. Deputy Dawg cuffs him, loses the keys to the handcuffs, and then finds that the lynx is jinxed. Everywhere that they go, rain follows them, things fall on them, rocks turn into an avalanche... If only Deputy could find the keys to the handcuffs so that he could unfasten himself from the lynx before something else happens! He does find the keys and lets the lynx go. Back at the jail, Deputy Dawg is relaxing. There's a knock on the door. The sheriff has found the lynx and now wants Deputy Dawg to lock him up.