Herbie Bear and his classmates put on a Thanksgiving play for their parents and friends. When the class bully, Ken, forgets his lines, Herbie unselfishly comes to his aid.

Mark does not want to play the turkey in the second grade Thanksgiving play, but then he ends up saving the day.

When Amelia Bedelia volunteers to fill in as director of a third-grade Thanksgiving play, she misunderstands everything from one girl's desire to play a big role to an opening night wish that she "break a leg," but all is well in the end.