After many unsuccessful attempts to control his unruly hair one morning, Oliver and his family think that they have solved the problem-- until he gets to school and finds that it is school picture day.
Three French hens decide to deliver themselves after they failed to arrive along with the two turtle doves and the partridge in a pear tree; however, they end up at the wrong house--a hungry fox down on his luck.
After being hit on the head, Hilda the singing cow forgets what sound she should make, so she imitates different animals until she gets her "moo" back.
When Chucky Ducky feels the earth beneath him grumble and rumble, he runs to alert the other barnyard animals to the coming earthquake, but just as a wily weasel is about to take advantage of their fears, the true source of the rumbling is revealed.
When Gorgonzola the dinosaur learns that everyone runs from him to avoid his smell, rather than out of fear, he is grateful to the little bird who shows him how to brush his teeth and wash.