While playing "a nice quiet game of cowboys and Indians", Parsley and Dill are alarmed to see smoke-rings in the sky. Believing that Indians are actually attacking the Herb Garden, they make plans for battle with Constable Knapweed, Mr. Onion and the Chives - only for them all to be embarrassed when Tarragon the Dragon reveals that it was just him.
Parsley and Dill receive a telegram from Aunt Mint inviting them to a barbecue, but they have trouble reading what it says and matters are further complicated when Dill eats the telegram by mistake. When they smell cooking they discover too late that they had been invited to a barbecue.
After biting his tongue, Parsley bumps into Bayleaf's wheelbarrow. When questioned by Constable Knapweed, he does nothing but groan and howl, leading Knapweed and Bayleaf to conclude that he must have toothache. Their attempt to help him does not end well for Dill's house.
Dill writes a flattering description of himself as an entry for Who's Who. Parsley does not consider the description at all accurate and insists on going through it with him.
Tired of hearing about Dill's obsession with bones, Parsley attempts to invent a mechanical dog which isn't obsessed with them.
Parsley is thinking of going on holiday, but cannot decide where to go or even how to get there. Him and Dill invent a set of paper wings to fly there, but neither Parsley nor Tarragon the Dragon have much success with them.
Feeling at a loose end, Parsley offers services in the agony column of a newspaper - only to receive more jobs than he can handle.
Dill opens a restaurant, but Parsley is not impressed when he finds that most of the food served there is centred around bones. Dill has a steak, but an attempt to cook it - with Constable Knapweed's help - ends in disaster.
Parsley mistakes one of Sir Basil's golf balls for an egg, and attempts to get Sage the Owl to hatch it.