Jaque the mother hen finds a huge amount of corn in the forest but doesn't know how to carry it all home. When she asks her neighbors Mr. Cat, Mr. Dog, and Mr. Duck for help, they all say they are too busy. Jaque and her chicks work together to carry the corn home themselves. The next day, Jaque bakes a delicious corn cake and the smell attracts the neighbors, but Jaque refuses to share at first before relenting.