As seen on the 2009 DVD release, it was intended to include an alternate, longer version of the starving scene. Geppetto, in trying to catch a fish, catches something wrapped in a package and eagerly unwraps it, hoping that it is food. But contained therein is something akin to food - a cookbook! While Geppetto gets so hungry that he hallucinates food, Figaro looks at the cookbook, which is open to a page on how to cook fish. Figaro eyes Cleo hungrily and tries to catch and eat her. Geppetto stops the kitten's every attempt at eating Cleo, only to become so hungry that he almost eats his beloved goldfish himself before coming to his senses just in time.
This segment, though nixed from the final film, inspired the first Figaro cartoon in 1943, known as "Figaro and Cleo":
This cartoon short appears to be based on the deleted scene. Here, the kitten is so hungry that he tries to eat Cleo the goldfish. About the only difference in this scene is the human being in this scene: in place of Geppetto, there is a black "mammy" maid, here known as Aunt Delilah. Other than that, the animation in this scene is based on the deleted scene: Figaro tries to catch the goldfish with a lure, which almost works before the kitten is caught in the act, Figaro is shamed, Cleo is comforted by the human being, one of Figaro's attempts to catch the fish results in his tail being tied to prevent him from moving again, Figaro tries to hide from the human being in question by hiding in a bucket. In the process, he is also called a bunch of unkind names like "cannibal," "scoundrel," and worst of all, "dog," and ordered to keep his distance.
Here are just a few examples of some of the comparisons between the two scenes (deleted above and final below):
