Florence spends her days gazing at her reflection in the waters of the lake where she lives, until one day she realizes that the waters have evaporated and all the other flamingos have flown off to find food.
Hudson wakes up in a bad mood and tries to make everyone else feel bad, too. In the end, when he learns to control his feelings, he has a much nicer day with his friends.
When his wives, who take care of all his needs, decide to go on vacation, Limpopo the lion has a hard time hunting and caring for himself and realizes that he needs to change his lazy ways and help them with the chores.
Zanzibar is tired of having stripes like all the other zebras; he wants to stand out from the crowd. When he tries to be different, all the other zebras laugh at his new look, until they realize his strange new outfit might have some advantages.