Animals, animals, animals, is all Jon can think about since he learned he could communicate with animals through his mind. Jon learns he can talk to animals when he is only two years old. Throghout his life Jon has had many experiences with animals. The animals become his best friends since he is the only boy in his family, (besides his dad) so he has no one to play with. This book is a short story book with a bunch of different stories about the animals Jon meets. The very first animal Jon meets is a pigeon who winds up being his own. After a while Jon ends up getting a whole farm of pigeons, but has to get rid of them because their mean old lady neighbor complained that they were landing on her house. When Jon gets older he gets a peacock named Peabody. Peabody gets into lots of trouble because he teases Jon's cat. Later in life, Jon gets married and has kids and while they were camping Jon and his wife went for a walk on the beach. On their walk, Jon hears whales singing in his head. The song they were singing was the "whale song." The whale song is about Jon and how he can help animals by talking to them. Upon hearing the whale song Jon gets an invite to go do missionary work for his church in California. When he gets there he discovers that his dad is deathly ill. After his dad passes Jon decsides to stay and take care of his mom who is also ill, but not that bad. In the end, Jon lives with his mom, his wife, and his two kids and they live happily together.