A young python does not want to grow slow and boring like the older snakes he sees in the tropical jungle where he lives.

Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah.

After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.