A bad storm has caused a ship to sink. Thank goodness the animals can rescue themselves. They try to hide out in town, but it's pretty hard to hide an elephant. A tiger relies on his training of jumping through fiery hoops, and saves a town child from a burning barn. The towns people rejoice, and help to hide the animals from the evil zoo owner who left them when the ship went down. I love that the beginning of this book is based on a historical event. Even if the real event was not as fun or as happy as this picture book.