This animated series is based on Marc Brown's best-selling books about Arthur Read, an eight-year-old aardvark, his sister D.W., and their f amily and friends. In "So Long, Spanky," D.W.'s pet bird Spanky dies, and as she come to terms with this, she meets a new friend who happens to be a toad. Arthur feels sorry for himself when Buster stops paying attention to him in "Buster's New Friend."