"When Stella gets the sudden idea to go caroling, she has a little trouble getting someone to join her. Her brother, Frank, is not good at spontaneity. The Watsons are very involved in a precarious fruitcake attempt (but happy to send their pig, Mercy, out for the occasion). Eugenia Lincoln declines, a bit rudely, to accompany on her accordion, and Horace Broom is too busy studying planetary movement. Will Stella need to sing by herself--with enthusiastic...

After Mercy Watson follows the delightful scent and delicious taste of the pansies her thoughtful neighbors plant to beautify their yard, animal control officer Francine Poulet is called out to handle the case, which brings unexpected results.

Stella Endicott wants to go caroling on a snowy winter night, but no one wants to join her, except for the pig, the cat, and the horse she picks up on the way.

Mercy Watson goes for a ride: Mr. Watson's usual Saturday drive in his Cadillac with his favorite pig, Mercy, turns into an adventure when an unexpected passenger shows up in the back seat and Mercy finds herself behind the wheel. Mercy Watson to the rescue: After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.

El Sr. y Sra. Watson tienen una cerda llamada Mercy: una verdadera maravilla porcina. Como se acerca la noche de Halloween, los Tatson ya tienen pensado el disfraz perfecto para Mercy. Para convercerla de que se ponga el traje, le prometen que los vecinos le darán algo delicioso. ¿Qué puede ser más divertido que la aventura de ir a pedir golosinas? En especial, cuando hay una persecución en el medio de todo... -- Persuaded by the word "treating"...

After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.

Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy.

Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived. El rescate de una ardilla después de un accidente con una aspiradora, cínico-lectura cómica Flora Belle Buckman se asombra cuando la ardilla, Ulises, demuestra poderes sorprendentes de la fuerza y el vuelo después de ser revivido....

Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.