When a kind and hardworking duck nearly collapses from overwork, while taking care of a farm because the owner is too lazy to do so, the rest of the animals get together and chase the farmer out of town.
An old donkey, an old dog, an old cat and a cockerel ran away from their owners. They wanted to become buskers and on their way together to Bremen. However, they never make their way to Bremen and settled in a house instead.
Wilbur the pig is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.