On his way to return his grandmother's umbrella, Milo has a series of unlikely adventures, some more fortunate than others.

"Little Mo lives with his father and mother in a cave during prehistoric times. Everything is new to him--snow, ice, and most frightening of all, dinosaurs! When a pack of triceratops decide to make Little Mo's cave their home, Mo has to muster all his courage to scare them away"--

For years Joey was a war horse, pulling ambulance carts and artillery through the battlefields of World War I. Finally he returned to Albert and the farm. Now, decades later, Albert's son loves to tell his own grandson stories about the remarkable horse, including its feats in the war and of the time the family risked everything betting that Joey could win a daring race.