The Poky Little Puppy

Overview

Follow the adventures of five curious puppies that dig a hole under the fence each morning and wander out into the wide world. Two by two, they go “roly-poly, pell-mell, tumble-bumble” through the meadow, down the road, over the bridge, across the green grass and up the hill—while the Poky Little Puppy lags behind to observe things on his own.

When the puppies smell rice pudding or hear chocolate custard being spooned into their bowls, they race home to find their mother angry at them for digging holes. They go to sleep without dessert—except for the Poky Little Puppy who comes home later and eats all the sweets. The four hungry puppies get up and fill in the hole they dug, which pleases their mother. She rewards them with strawberry shortcake—except for the Poky Little Puppy, who gets stuck on the other side of the fence and feels sorry for himself.