When Verne the turtle and his woodland friends wake up from their hibernation, they find a suburban neighborhood encroaching on their forest home, Verne's first instinct is to retreat into his shell and leave, but then he meets R.J., a con-artist racoon. R.J. views suburbia as a treasure trove of goodies waiting to be discovered. This storybook is based on a section of the movie where R.J. and Hammy the squirrel try to steal some cookies from a couple of Girl Scout-type characters.