Miss Cluck tells her class that a new animal is coming to school today. A bear. Will he be a fluffy pink bear, they wonder? No. Boris is a grizzly bear. He is too big...too hairy...too scary! How will he ever fit in?.
Even though they promise not to leave the den when their mother goes out hunting for a chicken for supper, five little foxes are unable to resist going outside to play in the dark.
Knowing that terrible things happen to him when he does not wear his lucky yellow socks, Kevin despairs when he cannot find them, but then he is surprised by what happens.