With all his friends away for the holidays, Old Tom is bored - so Angela reluctantly sends him off to summer camp. Despite Angela's fears, Old Tom settles in immediately and makes new friends among the campers. Angela, however, is still concerned that Old Tom won't be able to cope without her, so she goes back to the camp and makes his bed, tidies his tent and brings him a bag full of supplies. The other campers make fun of Old Tom and when they go on their bush walk, they make him bring up the rear. However, when the campers get into trouble by falling into a raging, crocodile-infested river, Old Tom saves the day with Angela's bag full of supplies.