Kak trudno zhit, kogda ty samyy obyknovennyy, nichem ne primechatelnyy zhiraf. No esche trudnee, esli ty zhiraf neobyknovennyy, ni na kogo ne pohozhiy. Horosho, chto my vse raznye, a to bylo by skuchno. I horosho, chto my umeem druzhit. Rupert - samyy obyknovennyy zhiraf, kotoryy hodit v zverinuyu shkolu. Odnazhdy v ego klasse poyavlyaetsya novaya uchenitsa - belaya zhirafa Blanka. Rupert voshischen udivitelnym okrasom novenkoy i hochet vo chto by to ni stalo ey ponravitsya. No chto dlya etogo nuzhno? Hobot, kak u slona? Krylya, kak u popugaya? A mozhet, lvinaya griva? Blanka zhe vtayne mechtaet stat samoy obyknovennoy zhirafoy. Zveri vstrechayutsya na dne rozhdeniya geparda, gde ih zhdet bolshoy syurpriz, kotoryy vse rasstavit po svoim mestam.