A boy listens to his new neighbor describe the monster that lives at her house, who screams when awakened, yells for food, spits up on everything, and sucks his toes.
An older sibling imagines how much better it would be if brother Andy were a dog instead of a baby, doing tricks and being banished to the outside when he got too noisy.
Andrew the bear sulks when he thinks about the new baby that is coming to his family, until his parents tell him how much they are going to need his help.