Freezing and with his shoe shining service going nowhere, Chilly Willy goes to Smedley’s hotcake restaurant but is soon thrown out when Smedley realizes the penguin has no money to pay. Heeding Smedley’s advice to get a job and earn some money, Chilly tries various employment endeavors, from piano playing, to working as a barber, to assistant blacksmith. After every job he tries falls through, Chilly goes back to Smedley’s to try getting some food with sleight-of-hand.