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Cruella de Vil appears and tells the crooks in charge of Hell Hall to slaughter and skin the dogs as soon as possible because of the publicity surrounding the theft of the Dearlys ' puppies.

Pongo and Missis devise a plan to rescue all of the puppies and escape the day before Christmas Eve.

One puppy, Cadpig, is too weak to walk the long distance from Suffolk to London so Tommy, the Colonel's two year old pet, lends her a toy carriage.

When the carriage loses a wheel, they rest on the hassocks of a country church.

Cruella almost finds them, but the dogs manage to escape in a removal van.

Having rolled in soot to disguise themselves, they hide in the darkness of the van with the help of a Staffordshire terrier whose pets are the drivers of the van.