Captain Mainwaring has doubts about letting Private Walker supply the platoon's mascot for the big 'Spitfire Week' parade.
Many ideas are suggested, including a live painted lady, a white mouse and a large domestic cat.
A few days later, Mainwaring and Wilson take Jones' section to Sponge's farm to catch the ram.
Whilst in his search for the ram, Wilson discovers Pike stuck in a muddy bog, and sinking rapidly.
Whilst marching back, Hodges watches with glee as the muddy platoon trudge by, but is frustrated that he cannot think of any insult to offer them.
He shows Mainwaring a picture of a magnificent ram, but turns up with a little mangy, moth-eaten goat with hardly a scrap of wool on it.
Mainwaring signals the Verger, who is Skipper of the Sea Scouts' band, to lead off.