Ron Barrett

Relates how a ranch for dogs, complete with dogboys and doggirls, became a place to raise cows.

Benjamin figures out how to have a birthday every day of the year.

Disguised as a trash bag, greedy cat-hater Lekvar Smirk kidnaps a trio of singing cats, Hal, Dora, and Geneva, and takes them to try out for the television show, Animal Idol.

"When three cats find themselves homeless in an alley, they form a singing group with the hope that they will earn the love they need"--

Presents a humorous gardening column, advice column, horoscope, news items, and editorials in a newspaper format.