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Big Brother and Big Sister tell Sam he is too small to play with them, but when they need help Sam saves the day.

Told she cannot step over the line to play school with the older girls, Min builds a catapult and flies over it, instead. Told she cannot step over the line to play school with the older girls, Min flies over it instead.

One very hot day, Min, a budding engineer, builds a machine that draws water from a well and into a swimming pool.

Pip the porcupine sits on a nest of eggs, and when they hatch, the chicks think Pip is their mother.

Several animals, an elf, and a bird-watcher are searching for different things, but find each other--and a party--instead.

Pete the pig does not want to eat his slop, but cannot go out to play with his brother and sisters until he does.

When Bunny joins Miss Pooch s class, Pete can t stop staring at her. He thinks about Bunny all the time even when he s eating dinner and when he s brushing his teeth.

strong textOlympia's overbearing aunt used her as her personal servant, until attractive Dutchman Waldo van der Graaf quite literally rescued her. He suggested that she exchange her life of drudgery for the role of his wife. Waldo needed someone to look after his small daughter and run his home--a marriage of convenience. Olympia was thankful and accepted his proposal, but soon realized she had only exchanged one set of problems for another when she found herself falling in love with her own husband!

Distracted by his friends, Pete the pig forgets to give Gert an invitation to Rose's party, which causes many hurt feelings--but only temporarily.

After playing with Miss Finn's discarded boxes and making a mess, her young neighbors first lie about their misdeed and then make things right.

Always late Nate who likes to go slow surprises everyone at the race.

Mother Duck is on the run trying to keep her ducklings safe.

When Sally informs her mom that there is a hippo in the yard, Sally's mother is dismissive. "I don't think so, dear," she tells her daughter, barely looking up from her lunch. "I will give it some lettuce," Sally says, grabbing a leaf from her mom's bowl. Hippo is happy, but now the tiger in the tree is hungry. Sally's father is also disbelieving, so Sally just feeds the big cat some tuna. As with her parents, Sally's sister is unmoved by her tale of zebras in the garage, and even Nana refuses to set her knitting aside when Sally tells her about bears in the hammock. Meanwhile, the phone rings, and the family is in for a shock. Zoo animals are on the loose! A frantic search finds Sally atop a hippo in their yard, along with several other satisfied animal friends.