It is Little Bear's birthday and Mother Bear is nowhere to be found. He decides to make Birthday Soup for his friends. As he is serving the soup Mother Bear surprises them all with a birthday cake. As Little Bear and his friends are painting Hen's house, white paint tips onto him. He goes home to get cleaned up and on the way pretends he is a polar bear in the North Pole. Little Bear decides to catch a fish for Mother Bear. Little Bear and Owl pretend that they catch an octopus and a whale.