An old bear goes out every day to a busy street corner. Through a tin marionette theater of his own making, the bear will tell us his life story.

A fireman receives the sad news that he will not be able to spend Christmas at home due to work. But his wife and two children do their best to lift his mood just before holiday season arrives.

Teenage forest cat Kona decides to face her fears and search for her missing mother, who was kidnapped by the circus long ago. She is joined on her journey by Colin, an abandoned guard dog pup, and Bernard, a runaway old circus bear, who are also searching for their own families.