Rory and Jam find an abandoned elephant calf and decide to keep it at the ranch while they search for its mother. Rory endeavors himself to learn the language of the elephants.

Dean, a bibulous Literature teacher, who urges the boy to write poetry, fascinates Rory. Yet Margo questions his educational methods when Dean expels Rory from the Poetry Club.

Jam becomes awestruck by horseback riding after having a dream where he wins a race. Meanwhile, Margo wonders why Wallace is giving her away a horse named Payback.