The story "A Flea Ride" describes the journey of a persistent little flea seeking a ride from various flying creatures. Starting with a brown bat, then a blackbird, and finally a pretty butterfly, the flea's polite requests for transportation are consistently denied, leaving him disheartened. Each winged creature refuses the flea, emphasizing how undesirable and inconvenient a flea passenger would be. Eventually, the flea encounters a dog running by and cunningly offers help in exchange for a ride, resulting in the flea finally finding a companion, albeit at the dog's expense.