Octopus slips out of his tank while the aquarium sleeps, teases the animals in the other displays, and leads the security guard on a merry chase.

A sea otter gets caught by a fisherman and is brought to a nearby sea park where he befriends the other animals there. Before his planned release he convinces the domestic "lifers" to escape with him to his home and experience life on the wild side.

Alfie wants to participate in the best parts of being a kid, from his friend Antoinette s birthday party to the relay races at school. But his shyness keeps him from engaging. When Alfie wakes up with That Feeling on the morning of yet another big event the underwater costume parade his mom takes him to the aquarium.

"An octopus is taken from his undersea home to live in an aquarium, but he soon tires of captive life"--