After bumping his knee one morning, Ted decides to become a doctor, but he has only one problem--he has no patients.

Ted decides that his bedroom, as well as his school, needs the touch of an artist and when he cannot fine one, he becomes one for the day, to the dismay of his mother, principal, and a new classmate, Pierre.

While looking for a job, Bulldog tries being a firefighter, a window washer, a sign painter, and a bookseller before finding just the right job for himself.

At bedtime, a mother ghost reassures her child that there is nothing to fear in their haunted home, especially not humans, since they are make-believe.

Frightened by news of angry people around the world, a young girl gets her parents' help in learning to be compassionate and brave a little at a time.