Roger's sophomore year is filled with disappointments as he loses his expected place on the football team and learns that the girl he likes is also his rival on the tennis court.
On Christmas Eve the mice feast and make merry around the family's Christmas tree, in full view of the sleeping cat, and Brown Mouse inadvertently does a kindness for the family.
When Gawain the goose is deserted by his friends after being unjustly convicted of stealing from his beloved king, the real thief is tortured by his conscience.
As their small stock of essential supplies dwindles, a group of refugees from earth struggle to make their strange new planet provide life's necessities.
