If only the young roadrunner had paid attention to his parents' good advice. Then maybe he wouldn't have had the unfortunate run-in with the rattler that left him with feet so swollen his parents had no choice on the day of the naming. What else could he be called except Thunder? It's enough to make a roadrunner wallow in self pity and give up. But the only thing bigger than Thunder's feet is his heart, and with some not-always-gentle goading from a wise, old gopher tortoise named Berland, he finds the courage to go forward and seek his destiny - and to become the stuff of legends.

A roadrunner, embarrassed when he is named "Thunderfoot" because his feet swelled due to a rattlesnake bite, is determined to prove his worth and becomes a legend when his family hears about his accidental feats of cunning and strength.