Hector and Helen pay a visit to Claudia's Caribou Kitchen, and lots of confusion is caused, because whilst Hector is large, because he is a hippopotamus, Helen is small, just because she is a hamster.
Claudia goes out shopping to find ingredients for a stew, a salad and a cake. Abe the Anteater, meanwhile can't help but eat all the ants in the kitchen, without anybody looking.
Lisa is tasked with finding a plant pot for one of Abe's plants.
Claudia is understaffed when Abe is sent home unwell, and Mrs Panda filling in is not helping.
Taffy causes trouble in the kitchen by wanting to eat a caribou (Claudia) before ordering a very large meal prepared from a new recipe by Abe.
The Caribou Kitchen holds a birthday party for Sophie the Swallow, but Lisa the Lemur is having trouble trying to share everything out between all the guests.
Betty's two children are being very loud, which Sophie and Flora find very unpleasant.
Tom the Tortoise, the only waiter in the Caribou Kitchen, lends Godfrey the Goat his hat when it rains outside in the town, but then, Godfrey eats it when the rain stops.
Cyril starts copying everyone In Barkabout while Betty Is making new steps for Abe to reach his ant jar.
Mrs. Panda and Caroline the Cow have an argument about which food is superior, meanwhile Abe tries to make ants an ingredient for a surprise pie he's making for Claudia to prove her how yummy ants can be.
Susanna the Snake arrives in Barkabout, and she pays a visit to The Caribou Kitchen.
Taffy finds a pocket watch, unaware that it actually belongs to Gerald the Giraffe, who is worried about where it has ended up.
Kevin goes to Susanna's new home to decorate it.
Lisa complains that Tom is too slow. It's not fair because she is so fast she has to serve more customers.
Sophie and Flora have a picnic in Barkabout Woods. When Sophie goes to sleep however, Flora wanders off and has tea with Caroline without telling Sophie, causing her to wake up thinking that Flora is lost and getting Claudia to send out a search party.
Abe is in the kitchen counting his ants. Claudia, Tom and Lisa are getting the dining room ready to serve lunch. Then Abe discovers one of his ants is missing.
Cyril the Squirrel is in Penelope's shop to buy some roller skates. He calls her "prickles" as a joke. Penelope doesn't like this, but Cyril thinks it's funny to tease her and continues to do so.
It is Claudia's birthday, and Sophie would like to get her a gift, but she unfortunately doesn't have enough pebbles (Barkabout's currency) to do so.
Sophie and Flora indulge in the Caribou Kitchen's food, but what they don't realize is that they've gone over their budget.
Cyril spends a lot of time cracking jokes instead of helping out in the Caribou Kitchen.
When Abe sleeps past his alarm clock, and is late for work, Claudia goes to his home, but he lets him have the day off.
Hector and Helen go and see their other Barkabout friends. Hector goes to the Caribou Kitchen with Kevin whilst Helen has tea at Susanna's home.
Tired with her pointy prickles, Penelope gets some help from Caroline the Cow.
Lisa accidentally breaks a bowl, and must not let Claudia know about it.
A thunderstorm hits Abe's garden. His friends try to help him out.
Taffy gets pushy when things don't go his way.
Tom is late for work again due to his slow pace.
Betty can't get her new rope swing through the door of the Caribou Kitchen and needs help.
Sophie and Flora fall ill and go to see the doctor, Susanna the Snake.
Kevin the Chameleon gets into a bit of a mess when he helps with the decorating.
The floor of the Caribou Kitchen keeps getting dirty and Claudia can't work out why.
Taffy notices every animal has a friend except him, And has to find himself a friend to play with.
Abe is jealous of Godfrey's big tomatoes, so he tries to make them himself to eat, not realising that they don't even taste nice.
When Helen suddenly sprains a muscle, Hector does her morning delivery while she rests, but he's very nervous to do so.
When Tom accidentally gets involved in an accident with Mrs Panda because of an argument with Lisa, he is forced to help her move her sofa. Lisa then figures out it can be incredibly hard work to do her jobs and Tom's at the same time.
Taffy becomes a chef just like Abe. However It turns out that he doesn't know how to make bug stew.
Lisa tries to do other jobs while waiting for the washing to finish.
Cyril wants to play music, although it irks Abe.
Mrs. Panda's glasses are accidentally broken, so Sophie and Flora help her to find her spare pair.