Charlie and Jay are your typical house pets. Or are they? They can and do get into the same adventures and misadventures as the children in their audiences. Charlie, short for Prince Charlemagne de Coquille, a French Briard puppy, and Jay, short for Jaida de les Etoiles (Pronounced: Aye-twa-lay), which is French for Jaida of the Stars, is a Persian Red Point cat. Master and Mistress take a trip to the forest with Charlie and Jay. Upon arrival Charlie jumps out of the car with Jay close behind. They are lost in the forest and they eventually become very hungry and tired. It is late in the afternoon when they meet their animal colleagues, the occupants of the forest backyard. Their newly found friends try uproariously to find them food and shelter. We meet Stunk the Skunk, Tree the Redwood, Bush the Manzanita, Who the Owl, Priscilla the Eagle, Schquire the Squirrel, Snavely the Snake, Brandy the Bear and her cubs. They all voice their concerns for their "backyard" and are quite protective of it. We learn the dangers as well as the pleasures of the forest backyard from the antics and interaction of the characters.