Ginger and Pickles are two shopkeepers who extend unlimited credit to their customers and, as a result, are forced to go out of business. Tabitha Twitchit, the proprietor of the now only village shop, exploits the situation and raises the prices of everything in her shop and refuses to give credit. Although she has trouble counting the change, Sally Henny-Penny decides to reopen the store of Ginger and Pickles. The many bargains will delight everybody. Book illustrated with beautiful Potter's watercolors.