The lions read and sing a story about legendary cowboy Pecos Bill and how he managed to catch and tame a tornado.
When Leona is unable to sleep, Cleo reads her a story about a queen on a tropical island who dreams of touching the Moon.
Instead of putting her to sleep, the story causes Leona to grow obsessed with wanting to touch the Moon herself, despite how badly the queen's attempt ended up.
The star player of Aesop's fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is left a nervous wreck when the townspeople want him to watch their sheep.
Everyone in the library becomes ecstatic with Fuzzy Wuzzy around, repeating his rhyme endlessly and causing an aggravated Lionel to find a quiet place to read.
Babs' story, which deals with a cap salesman who finds that his merchandise has been swiped by a mischievous bunch of monkeys, turns out to have an abrupt end, so the cubs offer her some suggestions on how to improve it.
When it is discovered that the book is missing its last pages, Theo and Cleo try to convince their cubs that no good could come from opening the box.
Problems promptly arise when Sam decides to work off his pain by running around, his strength and speed causing massive damage to the library.
Lionel reads a story about two farmers and lifelong friends in Africa who notice a woman wearing a red and green hat.
Lionel reads Leona a story about a king who killed his best friend, a hawk who tried to save his life from drinking poisonous water.
Overcome with emotion by the incredibly sad ending, Leona tries to hide the book where no one will find it, and in the process, nearly makes the same mistake that the king made with Lionel.
To rectify the situation, Lionel and Leona rewrite the story so that the crow now holds an incredibly big piece of cheese in her beak, which hits the fox on the head when it's dropped.
When Cleo and the other patrons of the library want to hear the story as well, Click drags them all into the book, recreating the folk tale's plot.
As such, Lionel reads the story she wanted to hear, which focuses on a camel who shrugs off any responsibility he is given, and is given a hump for being so grumpy all the time.
Hearing this, the lions assure Gus that some people take longer than others to learn how to read, and Lionel promises to teach him.
Meanwhile, down in the library, Theo believes that Lionel is ready to handle some additional responsibility and puts him in charge of the returns desk while he takes a nap.
The e-mail turns out to contain a virus that wreaks havoc on the library's computer system, and causes Click to suffer a catastrophic malfunction.
This inspires Walter and Clay to make Buster wings, who has grown bored sitting in the library's second floor for years.
In an attempt to get her to come out, Cleo reads her a story about a young donkey who finds a wish-granting pebble, but isn't very careful with what he wishes for.
In response, Cleo reads a Dominican folk story about a small, dirty, fun-loving, dancing man who lives in a dense forest.
After the lions collect some books about manners and hygiene, the Cutters clean the man up, dress him in a suit, and teach him proper etiquette.
Theo reads a story about Ki-pat, an African farmer who observes an intense drought plaguing his land and starving his cattle.
Fortunately, Walter allows for one his feathers to be dragged into the book, where Ki-pat uses it to fashion a second arrow and pierce the clouds to produce more rain, which extinguishes the fire.
Her latest work is a medieval fantasy tale where Lady Esther (Faith Prince) and her companion Lester the Jester (David Garrison) attempt to retrieve the Precious Chest of Budapest from the evil Count Chester the Congested (Michael McGrath).
Monkeydew tells Leona that if she allows him to check out his book without a library card, he promises that he will return it first thing tomorrow morning, even pointing out a spider on a nearby shelf that can act as his witness.
When Theo catches the cubs playing soccer indoors, he warns them that small things can leave big impacts.
As the lions search for her, Chicken Jane is then thrown from the book and lands in a copy of "Sleeping Beauty", where she also provides her advice to Prince Charming.
When she is again thrown from the book, things quickly turn serious when Click detects that Chicken Jane has landed inside Molly Stewpot's "Cook a Lot Like Me" cookbook.
To this end, the lions and the rest of the library patrons work together to rescue Chicken Jane and bring her back to her own book before it's too late.
Then, the lions read a Greek myth about a sculpture maker who learns that love makes statues come to life.