Adventures of the charming, cheeky young penguin, who is always up to mischief in the snowy world in which he lives. Poor injured Pinga is languishing in hospital so Pingu and his mother go to visit. Pingu manages to cheer up the whole ward by pretending to be a surgeon in a shadow play he puts on. The nurse and the real surgeon are so impressed that they give Pingu a prize when he is finished.