Speckles the spider and Crumbs the cricket think a caterpillar is too ugly to be their friend, but Annie the ant insists that something beautiful might be inside.
Buzzie becomes unhappy with her role as a worker bee and starts a revolt at her hive, until she discovers that working together is the best way to be happy.
When the three big trains refuse to go up the mountain in the deep snow, the Little Red Train finds brave helpers and goes on a rescue mission to take food to the stranded villagers.
As she tries being one creature after another, from a cat to an elephant trainer, Missy the mouse discovers that everyone has problems and that she can find happiness as herself.
After getting separated from his parents, a young lion begins to wonder what is wrong with him because he is so different from the gazelles he has joined.