Homer portrays Paul Bunyan , a great burden on the local townspeople , as he crushes their houses and greedily eats all their food . Eventually , the townspeople drug him and drag him out of their town . Out of loneliness , Bunyan carves a block of stone from the mountains into a blue ox that he calls Babe , who is rendered alive by an electric shock . In his travels with Babe , Homer creates several landmarks . Bunyan later meets a young woman , ( played by Marge ) and though she is initially frightened of him , the two fall in love . When a meteor is soon to hit the town , the townspeople call Paul back to help them . Paul obliges and throws the meteor towards Chicago , starting the Great Fire there , but not before it hits him in the backside
Great Fire
Great Chicago Fire
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