 A canary is frustrated by being caged, particularly with a parrot taunting him when humans aren t watching. One day, he tricks the kind old lady that owns him into opening the window, and she also leaves the door to his cage open. Freedom! But it s not all it s cracked up to be; the other birds are either cuckoos (complete with Napoleon hat) or shun him, the rain comes and there s no shelter, and a cat is skulking around. After a series of narrow escapes, the canary is more than happy to dash home to the nice warm fire.