a young polar bear cub chases a bird and is captured by sea men on a ship after he is spotted. the bear, now grown up in captivity, looks up at a star before lying down to sleep. the next day, a red haired girl named tilly is on a daytrip to the london zoo, but accidentally drops her teddy bear into the bear pen. the bear wakes up and spots the teddy, paws at the bear and carries it off to his cave as tilly looks on shocked.