Clyde is a war horse with a prominent yellow streak, and when he learns of the giant, owl-eyed, ox-footed ogre that his knight is going to fight, he quakes in his hooves
As the tiny-winged Kweeks stand listlessly around ploppa trees waiting for fruit to drop, Quentin decides to stand up to the bullying greediness of Jed, the biggest Kweek of them all
The animals of Knotty Pine won't listen to the gnats' suggestion for keeping the hunters away, but learn to appreciate the tiny bugs when they're able to make the hunters "buzz off."
A shark accuses Cyrus of cowardice because he won't sink any ships. The kindly sea serpent almost succumbs to peer pressure, but learns at last to be himself.
