There’s panic among the beavers. A pelican, fiendishly sick with a cold, makes an emergency landing among them. Not only does this undesirable guest keep all the neighbourhood awake with his monstrous sneezes, but he’s dying of hunger. Yakari and Little Thunder bring him to the otters, who cram him with fish. The pelican puts on weight again quickly, but his thundering cold persists!

This book is about Yakari's adventures.

Yakari is a young Sioux Native American who is able to understand and speak animal languages. During his adventures, he meets all sorts of North American animals. His best friends are a girl Sioux, "Rainbow", and his pony "Little Thunder". He has a totem animal, "Great Eagle."

"Originally published in the US in DC SUPERHERO GIRLS: OUT OF THE BOTTLE. Copyright Ã2018 DC Comics"--Title page verso.

The Beavers are very worried: Linden Tree, Yakari’s yound and mischievous friend, has lost his appetite for ... well, everything. And his people have no time to devote to him, as they must repair their precious dam, damaged by heavy rains. While the young Sioux attempts to dispel his friend’s melancholy, Thousand-mouths suddenly realises he is several labourers short of a full work gang. Is something in the lake going after the hard-working beavers?

Yakari discovers a colony of beavers busy building their dam. There we find Thousand-mouths, the short-tempered building site boss; Dam-of-Wood, the smiling old wise man; Wooden-Bed, the sleepyhead; Double-Tooth, the eternally inspired sculptor... and Little Lime Tree, a lively kid. While they are bathing, this infernal little beaver disappears.

Two classic comic adventures of Uncle Scrooge McDuck.