Mr. Wolf's day is packed, not only with his own activities and errands, but with such characters as three giggling pigs and a fiddling cat continually asking him what time it is, until, at last, it is bedtime.
Weiner Dog's life of leisure has lost its bite, so when he hears the call of the wild one day, he answers and Weiner Dog becomes Weiner Wolf, joining a pack of wild wolves on a grand adventure.
After a lone hungry wolf finds companions whose combined strength drags down an old moose, the entire pack sleeps through a blizzard and dreams of the return of spring.
Wolf is offended by all the stories of mean wolves he has been reading, so he sets out to write a story about a nice wolf, but his wolfish instincts soon catch up with him.
Saint Francis teaches the wealthy villagers of Gubbio, Italy, the power of love and compassion when he makes peace with a wolf that has been terrorizing the community.