Fifteen stories about an assortment of animals, including "Poppet," "The Spelling Bee," "The Great Sloth Race," "Norty Boy," and "The Princess and the Pig."

Gertie the hen is appalled when her son Frank wants to swim with the ducks, but Jemima and her mother, the farmer's wife, make him a special outfit so that his dream can come true.

When eight-year-old Patsy and her younger brother befriend their old neighbor and her many animals, the children help the mysterious lady change her life.

Farmer Tubbs' amazing pig, Ace of Clubs, eventually winds up on television for his cleverness.