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Freddie Parrott III lives a comfortable, if not sumptuous, life. He has his own apartment as well as a butler, Peccary (who is indeed one of these small, hoofed mammals similar to a pig), who indulges all of his foibles. In four short stories, we see how Freddie spends his days, and sometimes his nights. In the first, he is woken very early by loud knocking at his door that neither he nor the patient Peccary can figure out. Once it comes to light that Freddie ordered Peccary to replace his door in the middle of the night, they are able to discover the interesting source of the problem. Freddie's favorite food is waffles, but he has a bad habit of sleep eating the batter that Peccary makes ahead. Since he doesn't believe this, despite the evidence on his face to the contrary, he has Peccary and the police investigate the threat. In the third story, he heads out in his car only to be involved in a distracted driving incident between his own Red Arrow car and his friend Lord Bush Dog's Rolly Royce. The police are again involved, and do not feel kindly toward Freddie, who has to pay steep fines. In the final story, Freddie goes to spend time with his parents in their own palatial home, only to find that his father is making waffles for a reknowned waffle critic. The batter is a horrible melange of everything from bacon to butterscotch browning, and Freddie enlists Peccary to help with this emergency and keep his father's good name. As usual, Peccary has unusual solution to Freddie's dilemma.