Every day a different creature removes an item from Mrs. Honey's large and outlandish hat, leaving behind something new in its place, so that by the end of the week she has an entirely new hat.
Determined to retrieve her hat from the sycamore tree where it had been blown by the wind, Virginnie tries to dislodge it by throwing her boots up one after the other, unaware of the threatening swamp creatures behind her.
When the friend with whom he has enjoyed tea and conversation each day goes off to sea, a talented hat maker devises a creative way to make new friends.