《Cactus Joe》是一個既幽默又溫馨的韻文故事。仙人掌Joe獨自生活在荒漠裡,他喜歡安靜、喜歡一個人。直到有一天,一隻啄木鳥上門提出交易:幫忙吃掉害蟲,只要Joe提供一個安身之處。Joe勉強答應,卻沒想到消息一傳十、十傳百,越來越多小鳥都來依靠他!吵鬧、擁擠,讓Joe覺得不堪其擾,他決定趕走大家,重回孤單……但當寂靜真的回來時,Joe卻驚覺自己似乎開始懷念熱鬧與陪伴。這是一個關於友情、分享與改變的溫暖故事,讓孩子明白孤單與陪伴之間的平衡,以及友情帶來的驚喜力量。
Cactus Joe is a lean 'n' mean prickle machine! He lives all alone in the desert and that's the way he likes it . . . until a woodpecker offers Joe a mighty fine deal: he'll eat Joe's pests if he gives him a home. Yeehaw!
But soon more and more birds come to stay, and Joe decides enough is enough. All Joe wants is to be left alone . . . or does he?



