Alice is teased by older brother Oliver because she pronounces 'animal' as 'aminal'.

When Alice decides to avoid saying the word altogether, she is mortified to learn that her class project is to be 'Farm Animals'.

On the school visit to a farm Alice falls in love with a pig with a limp and decides she wants it as a pet, but in the end has so settle for one of the traditional 'Guinea' variety - naming it 'Aminal'.