A sleepy child is flown through the night sky to see foxes hunting, rabbits playing, raccoons scrounging, and other animals that are active while people sleep.
As his brother prepares to leave the dog they share, Fred the greedy flea pretends to have the flu in order to stay behind and have the whole dog, unaware of the fate that awaits him.
A cow's moo sets off a chain reaction in which the other animals on the farm speak out in their own way to let the farmer's wife know she is late to feed them.