When a young weasel family loses their mother and father in an accident, Bandit takes charge. Includes facts about the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and predators of the weasels.

Discusses that family of mammals that is made up of skunks, weasels, minks, badgers, otters, ferrets, wolverines, and martens.

An encounter with a tattered and blind butterfly helps the lovely winter weasel Prettina understand the perils of vanity and the value of inner beauty.