In this gentle story, Uncle Wiggily the rabbit encounters Hickory Dickory Dock, the mouse from the nursery rhyme, who has injured himself falling out of the rabbit's clock. Uncle Wiggily kindly bandages the mouse's leg, and the grateful mouse promises to repay the favor. Later, when Uncle Wiggily becomes hopelessly tangled in grape vines while walking in the woods, Hickory Dickory Dock appears and uses his sharp teeth to gnaw the vines and free the rabbit. The story provides a simple, clear example of kindness being reciprocated and the valuable lesson that helping others often leads to receiving help in return.