In this story, the kindly rabbit Uncle Wiggily meets Peter Piper, who shares the famous tongue twister about picking pickled peppers. While Uncle Wiggily initially struggles with the rhyme, he cleverly uses it as a riddle to distract a hungry fox who intends to eat him for dinner. The fox, unable to recite the tricky phrase or guess the answer, is delayed long enough for Peter Piper to intervene, scaring the fox away by throwing a pickled pepper. The tale highlights quick thinking, the fun of wordplay, and how friends can help each other escape danger, ending with Uncle Wiggily safe and eventually mastering the difficult rhyme himself.