 The pasture is turned into The Retirement Cab and Wagon Horse Association, and soon afterwards the son of the farmer and his friends get paid by the Doctor to plant radishes to feed the horses with.The Doctor then gets his animal friends, including Dub-Dub, Gub-Gub, Jip, Toby and Swizzle, to perform in a play called "The Puddleby Pantomime", and is approved by Mr Bellamy when the performance is done.However, Blossum disappears with the money he owes everyone, and the circus people elect the Doctor as the new manager of the circus.