Squeak, the youngest in a family of mice living under the stairs, is afraid of the big ginger cat, but the lure of chocolate cake and his sister Nibbles help him overcome his fears.
After Brambly Hedge floods and little Sissy Vole disappears while playing a game of hide-and-seek, her friend Wilfred fears the worst and heads out on an adventure to find her and bring her safely back to where she belongs.
In these three tales Bertie turns a pink birthday party into a mess, faces and fails the challenge of being polite for an entire day (fortunately), and mistakes his mother's flower arrangement for garbage.
Angry at what Goldilocks has done to their house, the three bears decide to get back at her by messing up her house, but they make an unfortunate mistake.