Arriving home after a trip to the zoo, Lucy, Tom, Dinky and Ashley learn the Little Counsel has decided to create a zoo of its own, and together with Grandpa they set off on a safari to capture zoo animals.
At the unveiling of Dinky's new gas powered automobile, Dinky's hopes of glory are dashed when the Little's press turns its attention to the Twins that are born and not to his new automobile.
A shifty Little called Smiling Al enters the Little's scene and professes to give them freedom and other great things in return for electing him mayor.