Kipper and his friends are all enjoying themselves at the beach, Arnold wants to go on a paddle boat but everyone tells him he is too small. Instead they all build him a sand boat, but it isn't quite the same.
Kipper and Tiger decide to go on a picnic. They end up being attacked by a wasp, invaded by ants and then Pig manages to trample on all the sandwiches.
Kipper and Tiger are having fun jumping in puddles and making footprints with their muddy boots. Then they find a huge footprint - but it's not one of theirs. Who - or what - made it?
Kipper, Tiger, Pig, and Arnold all go to the swimming pool with a wave machine, but Tiger is not getting into the water due to his poor swimming ability. As he tells Kipper, he has to "wear water wings".
Kipper visits Tiger who is in bed with a really bad cold. Tiger is a demanding patient and none of the things Kipper has brought to cheer him up seem to work. In the end Kipper calls Pig and Arnold in to give the patient some of his medicine.
Kipper is looking after Arnold, who pig has assured him is very tired and won't be any trouble at all. Kipper makes Arnold a house under the table, reads to him and turns a cardboard box into a railway engine. By the time Pig returns it's Kipper who can't keep his eyes open.
Kipper can't understand where the contents of his cereal packet have gone, or why his toys are littered all over the place when he knows he put them away. Then he discovers he's got a little visitor - and life may never be the same again.
In Clouds, Kipper and Pig see kangaroos and helicopters in the cloud shapes. Suddenly Arnold walks up a rainbow and Kipper has to go and find him. Is it all a dream?