Wishbone is locked out of the school, while Joe Talbot, Samantha Kepler, and David Barnes are inside checking out a new CD-ROM, and this reminds him of "The Three Musketeers.".
A day filled with troubles reminds Wishbone of Homer's epic poem as he imagines himself as Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters monsters and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War.
When he uncovers a mysterious metal object while digging in the front yard, Wishbone imagines himself as Professor Otto Lidenbrock who attempts to discover the center of the earth by leading an expedition into the crater of an Icelandic volcano.
Wishbone is kidnapped by Emily Barnes and a land development company tries to bulldoze one of Oakdale's favorite trees, but using what he has learned from Odysseus Wishbone returns home and saves the tree.
Wishbone the book-reading dog imagines himself in the role of Quasimodo, the famous bell ringer of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris who must fight his evil master to save the life of the beautiful Esmeralda.
While pursuing the stranger who ran off with Joe's basketball, Wishbone imagines himself to be the young sailor Ishmael on Captain Ahab's whaling ship chasing the great white whale, Moby Dick, across the seven seas.