Bod would like to have someone to play ball with. He thinks a dog would be just right. But what type of dog should he get? He imagines what sort of dog each one of his friends would choose - but someone has already chosen Bod.

Aunt Flo asks Bod round for tea, she is going to bake a chocolate cake. She asks him to invite their friends as well and to ring her before they arrive to remind her to take the cake out of the oven but Bod forgets to ring her.

Bod climbs to the top of a hill to fly his kite, but it quickly falls back to the ground. Despite the best efforts of Frank the Postman, Farmer Barleymow and P.C. Copper it won't fly - until Bod uses the power of dreams to fly it.