The story is a series of events involving a group of rodents, primarily a family of rats, and their interactions with other animals. The family's house is destroyed by a tree, and they are forced to relocate. They attempt to create a new home in a hole in the tree but struggle to find suitable materials.
The rats approach a mason monkey for help with their star-making project, but a crow steals their supplies. The family then deceives their parents about the theft, fearing punishment. When their father returns, he brings a star as promised. The family realizes the error of their ways and expresses gratitude for the mason monkey's help.
The story then shifts focus to a termite colony, detailing their strict social hierarchy and daily activities. A winged termite, Pupi, encounters a jackal who convinces him to carry him on his back across a river. The jackal plans to eat the termites but is scared away by dogs when Pupi howls. The story ends with the termites expressing relief at the jackal's departure.
Based on the transcriptions provided, here are the key facts extracted:
1. A tree has destroyed a house, and the occupants escaped with their lives.
2. The characters are preparing for Christmas by decorating a tree, making a star, and buying a cake and balloons.
3. Banu and Bablu are tasked with making the star.
4. The characters ask a mason monkey for help in making the star and learn how to do it.
5. The characters live in a hole in a tree due to the destruction of their house.
6. The children are comfortable in the hole in the tree, which is made warm with color paper.
7. The characters discuss the possibility of making another house but decide it's too difficult.
8. The characters are worried about climbing the tree with the children.
9. The characters are scolded for losing the color paper and sticks used to make the star.
10. The characters apologize and promise to bring a star when the father returns.
11. The father returns and promises to bring a star, but forgets.
12. The children give the characters a present as a replacement for the star they lost.
13. The characters express gratitude for the children's gift.
14. The characters encounter a parrot who offers to take them on an adventure.
15. The characters enter a tree pit that has been transformed into a mud mound.
16. Inside the mound, they encounter winged termites who explain their social structure and way of life.