Nobody knows why a stray cat keeps sneaking away from his new home until he begins turning up at social events all over the village.

Yorkshire veterinarian James Herriot shares the story of a good natured stray dog he first encountered begging at the market, and which was later "arrested" by a local police officer and kept as a willing prisoner of the man's young daughters.

Gyp, a cheerful but always silent sheep dog, startles everyone with uncharacteristic behavior during the championship sheep dog trials.