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There once was an eagle who entertained his animal friends with a singing contest every other month. He invited fellow animals to sing from his neck of the woods and also from the neighboring woods even though they hosted singing contests of their own. Although he struggled at first, contest after contest, these grew more popular and many more animals came to see the performances. But the eagle was not content, there was something on his mind.

A bear who lived in the far away woods had been entertaining animals with a singing contest of his own for quite a while now and always seemed more successful. The best singing animals always took part in that singing contest and many more animals came to see these performances.

The eagle was jealous of the bear. He wanted to host the best singing contest in all the woods, but the bear outdid him time and again. Then one day, he pays a visit to the bear in the far away woods. Surprisingly, the two get along well with each other and so the bear suggests they help each other out: The best singer of the eagle's contest may sing at the bear's contest, and in exchange, the bear will send four fellow animals with some of the most beautiful voices from his neck of the woods to the eagle's contest. Additionally, bear and eagle would not host their singing contests on the same days. The eagle agrees, his contest being less prestigious after all, and to be able to send his winner to the bear's contest would make his contest a lot more popular.

And so time passed, animals with the most beautiful voices being sent to far away woods, and the eagle growing more confident as many more fellow animals come to see his singing contest. With all this success, the eagle eventually is confident to pay the bear in the far away woods another visit. He wants to talk things over and agree on more equal terms. The bear is not thrilled and says that the best singing contest is his. They get into an argument, by the end of which they cancel their agreement.

Returning home empty-handed, the eagle draws up new plans to expand his singing contest. He adds qualifying contests for his main contest and starts to hold these contests more often with no regard for other singing contests. The friendly moose from the neighboring woods, who has also been hosting a singing contest in his neck of the woods, is not amused. All those extra qualifying contests hosted by the eagle on the same days continually draw contestants and spectators from his contest.

The moose pays the eagle a visit and inquires about the previous solidarity in the neighboring woods. The eagle shrugs it off and insists that his singing contest is better. But he's got an idea: The winner of the moose's contest would be allowed to take part in one of the qualifying contests hosted by the eagle, for a chance at the eagle's popular main singing contest and wouldn't that be swell. For want of other options, the moose accepts.