In this story based on a school-yard game, the farmyard animals ask Mr. Wolf what time it is, while he tries to lure them to come that evening to a very special meal. At various points, a peep-hole allows a glimpse of the next illustration.
A group of brave, or foolhardy, little animals creeps closer and closer to Grandma Wolf as she gets down the stewpot, chops wood, lights a fire, and prepares to fix dinner, with a surprising outcome.
Mr. Wolf asks some of his neighbors to help him make pancakes, and even though they all rudely refuse, when the pancakes are done they expect to share the feast.
After a lone hungry wolf finds companions whose combined strength drags down an old moose, the entire pack sleeps through a blizzard and dreams of the return of spring.
