The wild wind threatens the lives of the lion, elephant, snake, crocodile, bird and monkey. When the wise and playful monkey goads them to see past their differences, the animals face the wind together, for, after all, "The wind can blow one of us away, but it can't blow all of us away if we stay hooked together like a chain." The directive of this allegorical picture book is plain and welcome: Value differences and work together to take on life's challenges.