Mistakenly believing himself to be an emu, a newly-hatched platypus sets out on a long journey, using various forms of transportation and aided by new friends, to reach Australia.

"When Rabbit finds an egg, he assumes it belongs to Hen, until it hatches. Out of the egg comes an adorable roly-poly animal with webbed feet and a beak like Duck, a tail and fur coat like Beaver, and a shy disposition like Squirrel"--Amazon.com

Daniel is invited to play at Jodi's house after school, but when he encounters routines that are not the same as the ones at his own house, Daniel gets nervous.