Otis is alerted and runs outside to his father, who soon dies from his injuries. He fends them off but is fatally injured. Soon after, Ben is attacked by a pack of coyotes led by Dag. Otis convinces Ben to relieve him Ben tells him that, the night he found Otis as a calf, the stars appeared to dance. That same day, Otis meets a widowed pregnant cow named Daisy, who has moved to the farm with her friend Bessy.That night, the animals throw a wild party in the barn while Ben and Otis guard the fence line. After Otis interrupts a routine morning roll call and meeting with his usual antics, Ben admonishes Otis that he will never find happiness unless he acts more maturely. He prefers having fun with his best friends: Pip the mouse, Freddy the ferret, Peck the rooster, and Pig the pig - rather than following strict rules and accepting responsibility.This annoys his stern adoptive father Ben, the leader of the farm's community. Otis is a mischievous, carefree Holstein cow who lives on a farm where, unbeknownst to humans, the animals are anthropomorphic.
