After the unnamed kitten cranks the ladder up to free Dodsworth (and Dodsworth loses his 'clothes' at the top of the ladder), the woodpecker checks to see if Dodsworth is in his 'clothes' (again, at the top of the fully extended ladder). The view shifts to Dodsworth (in his underwear) at the bottom of the now collapsed ladder, which Dodsworth climbs to get his 'clothes' back. No indication is provided of how the ladder collapsed.