When Old Bear falls asleep for the winter, he has a dream that he is a cub again, enjoying each of the four seasons.

Unmoved by his friends' attempts draw him out with singing classes and snowball fights, Tortoise tries to settle down for his annual winter nap and instead stumbles into a wonderfully icy experience.

Worried that they will not have enough dreams for their upocming witer hibernation, Little Bear journeys into the woods and collects dreams of happiness, homecoming, and hope from the different animals in the forest.

Groundhog decides not to hibernate one winter, even though his friends tell him that he will become cold, hungry, and lonely.

"Beatrice the bunny wants to share winter with her best friend, Bear, but he will be busy hibernating"--

Bear, with the help of his animal friends, remembers the story he had hoped to tell before the onset of winter.