暑假快到了，比利•德克斯特（Billy Dexter）和他的同学们正在努力完成柳条篮的编织。他们的手工老师Beddows小姐对Billy的努力感到非常震惊，所以下课后她把他留下作了一番激励性的谈话。“只要你下定决心做一件事并足够努力，没什么事是做不成的。”比利很喜欢他无所不能的想法，但他的朋友梅兰妮和保罗却不同意。梅兰妮说：“长角呢？”这是比利必须接受的挑战。

这个1961年的故事充满了幽默感，采用了约翰•约曼（John Yeoman）的就事论事的写作风格，昆汀•布雷克（Quentin Blake）无与伦比的绘画对其进行了生动的描绘。这是继约翰•约曼（John Yeoman）和昆汀•布雷克（Quentin Blake）的**部作品《有口水喝》之后，很快迎来的他们长线合作的第二部作品。

It is nearly the summer holidays and Billy Dexter and his classmates are trying to finish their wicker baskets. Their craft teacher, Miss Beddows, is so appalled by Billy’s efforts that she keeps him in after class for a pep talk. ‘As long as you set your mind on something and try hard enough, there’s nothing you can’t do.’ Billy loves the idea that he can do anything, but his friends, Melanie and Paul, don’t agree. ‘What about growing horns?’ suggests Melanie. It is a challenge Billy has to accept.
Brimming with humour and written in John Yeoman’s matter-of-fact style, this story from 1961 is vividly illustrated with Quentin Blake’s inimitable drawings. It was the second in a long line of collaborations between John Yeoman and Quentin Blake, following soon after their first, A Drink of Water.