When an egg blows up to the barn during a storm the animals try to decide to whom the egg belongs. When the egg hatches a baby turtle emerges and the animals decide the egg belongs to everyone.
The animals are having a beauty contest and Monkey helps out by opening a beauty parlor called the Beauty Branch. At the last second Gazelle wins the contest just by looking natural.
On his way to his grandparents' house to celebrate Nowruz Ali stops to buy some pastries. His mother's warning to keep his new shoes clean proves more difficult than it sounds.
As Jimson's ears make him susceptible to being blown about by the wind on the way to a party Jimson wishes he were a different animal--until his ears prove valuable for getting out of trouble.
