Cassie gets to bring home the chicks her class hatched at school, but when Cassie leaves Marley alone with the chicks and the latch opens, the chicks escape and Marley must try and return all the chicks to their cage before mom and Cassie get back.

Marley and Cassie visit Uncle Bob's farm, and, while Cassie finds she is an excellent farmhand, Marley has trouble figuring out what he can do to help.

Marley finds himself in even more trouble when his messes start to get out of control.

From the time she was a crippled baby, left in a church, Maggie's life has never been easy but when she glimpses her destiny in a magic mirror, she goes off on a quest to find her father and, along the way, finds happiness, as well.

Marley learns that raising a false alarm means that, when there is real trouble, his owners might not believe him.