When Bertha Bear's birthday party is interrupted by a pesky fly, she races off in pursuit of it and disturbs a number of animals along the way.

Wombat auditions for the Nativity play, but has trouble finding the right part.

One by one, six little rabbits escape a hungry fox.

Little lambs, chicks, ducks, and pigs change places and try other ways to delay going to bed.

Humorous illustrations depict fourteen Australian animals, introduced in rhyme, along with the numbers from one to fourteen.