All the children are excited because Mr. Hooter has invited them to bring their pets to his morning assembly. All that is, except Emma who suffers from asthma. Her mother checks that she has taken her inhaler as she brings her new pet into the hall. Eric, her Goldfish. It is not a good start to the assembly. Some animals are hibernating and cannot come, some are too big to come, some escape in the hall as they eye a potential lunch, and some are just bored by the whole thing and cannot stop yawning very loudly. Mr. Hooter begins to despair but then Eric comes to the rescue His amazing solo turn fills the hall with applause, followed by laughter when they discover the whereabouts of the missing stick insects.