"A lazy alligator comes up with a plan to lure his prey by opening up a restaurant for birds--until he realizes that birds are even better as friends"--

Mr. and Mrs. Green, a loving alligator couple, practice magic tricks, bake cookies, and dream up new inventions.

A child provides insights, based on personal experience, into everything that can go wrong if one brings an alligator to school for show-and-tell.