A squirrel with his store of seeds and nuts hunts for a cozy bed but he must search high and low for a spot that is not already occupied by other animals.
In the middle of a dark, stormy night, one child, then another, then a third wake their mother and ask to climb into the bed, but when the last member of the family arrives Papa declares there is no more room.
When a storm causes a ship to crash, it sends a sleeping pirate to a tropical island and his bed, which is awake and was afraid of the storm, to drift on the ocean alone.
Introduces how different animals and even human babies grow from being newly-hatched or born, through being carried everywhere, to having their own special place to sleep.
A child proudly shows off her very own brand new big bed while also telling herself that she can deal with fears about sleeping in it for the first time.
An apprentice carpenter gets thrown into jail when the bed he builds for the Queen's birthday is too small. He soon solves the problem and is made a royal prince.
