Birthday Surprise

Birthday Surprise is the twentieth chapter of Blazin' Trails.

Summary
Ricochet discovers that Droop-a-Long's birthday is on Valentine's Day, and that he doesn't celebrate it due to having bad memories associated with it. Determined to change that, Ricochet goes about trying to throw the perfect birthday party for Droop-a-Long, even getting the townspeople involved while he keeps Droop-a-Long distracted.

Trivia

 * This chapter establishes that Droop-a-Long's birthday is on Valentine's Day, while Ricochet's birthday is somewhere in April.
 * This chapter has Huckleberry Hound making a cameo as the postman.
 * Ricochet's cousin, Ricochet Chavez, is first mentioned here.
 * This is the second chapter to draw inspiration from the cartoon: here, Droop-a-Long is said to watch telenovelas on videocassette in a time where none of that existed.