Based upon true events, tells the story of a devoted cow who followed her owner from 1862 to 1865 when he joined the Union Army, and stayed with him and his regiment until the end of the fighting.
Annalisa, the most curious and stubborn of Mama May's children, disobeys her mother and upsets the family cow by refusing to kiss her in return for the milk she gives.
After helping the Greenstalk family get to the county fair, the cows busy themselves finding solutions to many other problems that arise during the day.