It is a boiling hot day; much too hot to do anything apart from eat ice-cream and go swimming. But when Abney and Teal finally get to the lake there's something not quite right about it.

The Poc-Pocs have got hiccups. Teal finds the cure, but they are spreading! When they reach Bop something has to be done.

Abney plants seeds in the moonlight. In the morning some have grown into lovely big cabbages. Abney and Teal decide to help out one that is struggling, which leads to big trouble.