Second only to his best friend Noddy, Big-Ears is children's favourite character in Enid Blyton's Toyland. In this new adventure his cat, Whiskers, goes missing at the harbour. Big-Ears and Whiskers have gone to the harbour to buy some more rope for Big-Ears' washing line. It's a beautiful, windy day and Big-Ears wants to get home to hang out the washing before the weather changes, but Whiskers is nowhere to be seen. Then Tessie Bear's hat blows away and Big-Ears falls into the water chasing it. Whiskers suddenly reappears to rescue her friend and Big-Ears decides that maybe she isn't such a naughty cat after all.