The story opens with a description of nine "little creoles" who sleep very late. One oversleeps himself and then there are eight. Eight little creoles are traveling in the city and say they'll stay there. The forbidden song is a song about chopping up sticks and playing with a bumble bee. There are seven of them. One of them eats a red herring and swallows it. Two of them walk in the zoo and hug a bear. One gets frizzled up by the sun and the other is sitting in the shade by himself. The song ends with one of the little cre