Ollie becomes frustrated with his best friend Benjamin when, no matter how many clues Ollie gives him, Benjamin cannot figure out what Ollie's mother calls her son.

When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg--which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.

Elmer the patchwork elephant helps the excited youngsters prepare for the Christmas visit of Papa Red.

Ella is nervous about the first day of school in her new town, but wearing her grandmother's good luck hat makes her feel better--until the other students tease her and call her names.

Humming to himself as he strolls through the jungle, Elmer manages to get the tune stuck in the head of every animal he encounters.

A lonely elephant meets a herd of buffaloes and decides to stay with them, but when they meet up with some elephants, he must make an important decision.

Elephant refuses to believe he cannot jump and ignores the jeers of other animals as he tries, but they are all surprised when Elephant does something that no other animal can.

Baby Elephant cannot get to sleep when he loses his teddy bear, so Elmer sets out to find it.

Elephants Ed and Kip play with a rolling rock.

Suggesting to a confused Elephant that they spend their unscheduled day gadding about, Monkey explains that they will walk and look around while making brief stops whenever they encounter something interesting or run into other friends.