The seeds Chipmunk buried last fall are missing, but in their place a beautiful sunflower grows and by summer's end, drops its seeds for Chipmunk and the other creatures in the meadow to enjoy.

"Nature is a capricious architect. One wonders what mood she was in, that time she invented chipmunks. Whatever temper inspired her, it was decided that, on completion of their seventh week, all chipmunks must leave their mother and set out on their own into the big unknown. But Nature's fickle moods change faster than the weather, and if pride won't ever let her go back on her decisions, conscience would always prompt her to make up for her shortcomings....