Nancy wants to adopt a special puppy so that she is no longer the only fancy member of her family, but after a day of puppysitting a papillon, she realizes that being fancy is not always the most important thing.

Having learned to be creative and in drawing pictures at home, young Tommy is dismayed when he goes to school and finds the art lesson there much more structured.

Although they are twins, Jonathan and Rachel neither look the same, nor do they see things the same way-especially in the forest.

Pete, an alligator who thinks that he is a flamingo, worries when he begins to notice the differences between him and his flamingo friends.

Woolbur, a sheep with a mind of his own, never seems to follow the flock, despite his parents' reminders of how he should behave.