In the Louisiana countryside, Kermit the Frog begins his narration with Mordecai Sledge and Leroy the Donkey, as they approach their residence after stealing items in a boxcar from a railroad yard.

Startled by the gunshot, Leroy escapes from his owner with the tuba around his neck that Mordecai previously threw in a tree.

Shortly after running, Leroy approaches Kermit who influences him to play the tuba, which inspires the donkey to become a traveling musician.

Leroy tells of his similar situation and his musical aspiration, which convinces the rooster to join the donkey and play the banjo.

Living with her owner Caleb Siles for thirteen years, she was thrown out into a rain barrel full of water for befriending the rats in his pantry.

Leroy decides to approach the farmhouse, and mistakes a gang of robbers (who happen to be the animals' old owners) for a family inside having dinner.

The animals notice a pantry full of food and the stolen jewelry the robbers left behind, and decide to safeguard it in the farmhouse until the "family" returns where they continually play their music.