Basil is a big rooster who wakes up the farmer every morning, but when he loses his voice, the hens tell Leonard that it is now his turn to crow. Leonard is a small rooster with no confidence, so he runs away and hides in the barn with the cows. All around him the cows jostle and stamp and threaten to step on tiny Leonard. When he cries out for them to be careful, he suddenly comes out with cock-a-doodle-do!”