Fox tries to stop her cousin Roxy from acting like a bully, and the reader helps her make choices as they encounter many other creatures, some friendly and some dangerous.
When a mysterious young woman named Mariko saves the life of the samurai Shiro, he falls in love and marries her, only to discover that his wife assumes the shape of a fox at night.
Before young Copper leaves for the hunt, he plays with his best friend Tod the fox cub. But after he joins a howling dog band, conflict ensues between him and Tod.
When Fletcher the fox finds the ground covered in white, he rushes to warn the other animals that spring snow has fallen, but when they follow him back to the meadow they find something much more fun.
While her parents treat an injured fox in their veterinary hospital, Mandy cares for the fox's cub and tries to stop a farmer from setting steel traps and organizing a fox hunt.