Fanciful creatures, including the Stork, the Duck, the Owl, the Frog, and the Fimble Fowl come to build their homes on the Quangle Wangle's commodious hat.
The nutcrackers and sugar-tongs suddenly decide to leave their place at the table and go off on horses, leaving the household behind in chaos and confusion.
A selection of poems and limericks by Edward Lear, including "The Quangle Wangle's Hat," "The Pelican Chorus," and "The Courtship of Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.".