As our story begins, the sun rises, and a coconut tree rises from a suitcase. Little Z was left behind, and we learn about how it is important for words like zipper, zebra, and zig-zag. Little A runs off to play with little B and little C and decides the next game they should play is to climb up the coconut tree. Little A tries to climb, falls, tries again and makes it up the tree with their friends.

Two of the performers talk about vacations and making up stories. The performers ask the audience for their help coming up with a story. Our story continues, using miniature puppets, other letters wonder if there will be enough room for them to join A, B, and C at the top of the coconut tree – they make their way up to the top, joining them.

Another performer keeps hearing horse sound effects and asks the audience to make horse sounds so that they can add a horse to the story. Now the story has a western-cowboy theme as we return to other letters trying to join the letters already on the top of the coconut tree. Little H wants everyone to “hold their horses” and really think whether it is a smart idea before they join the letters. The letter Z tries to join but is told to wait their turn. The other letters trick Letter H to save a damsel in distress and climb the tree.

A performer talks with the audience about how surprised they are that there have been both puppets and a hoedown song, what would come next? A pop song? The famous pop group LMNOP takes the stage and performs before joining the party at the top of the coconut tree.

It seems that the next letters of the alphabet have gone missing, but they are found to be marching in military formation. Z once again tries to climb the tree, but the others remind Z that they are last. U keeps trying to sneak up by Q but is told to go back to its spot, they all go up the tree.

Performers discuss different versions of what squeeze means, before the letters discuss if there will be enough room if they squeeze into the tree in a dark, medieval style song. Z is finally ready to climb the tree after the other 25 letters have climbed the tree. The tree shakes and the letters fall off the tree and crash into the ground. A performer recaps what happened and asks how this was allowed to happen. Where were the letters’ parents?

The uppercase letters A, B, and C get called about what has happened and call the other capital letters to help the little letters. Big A finds little A and gives them a Band-Aid. Performers then ask the audience to dance to make the hurt letters feel better. All of the little letters get Band-Aids, ice packs, and taken care of – except for little Z who is left by themselves. Z knows that even though they are sad and feel alone, they are just at the part of the story before the happy end.

The sun sets and the moon rises over the coconut tree. The performers begin to reread the book with the help of the audience. Little A decides to try and climb up the tree again, which is the end of the story. The audience sings with the performers one final time.