In a moment of fright Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.

A brother and sister's constant attempts to outdo each other land them in a sticky situation.

"Mikis is thrilled when his grandfather buys a new donkey, but soon begins to worry that he is overworking the animal"--

Idolizing his favorite comic hero, the Knightly Horse, young Ariol aspires to grow up to be a guardian of the stars and endures a series of uproarious misadventures that pit his ambitions against the realities of youth.

Ariol is enamored of Petula, a cow who sits in front of him in class, and constantly gives her compliments in his head, but when he has to talk to her face to face, he always says the wrong thing.

"All of Ariol's friends know that he has a big crush on Petula, but no one seems to notice that Bizbilla has her sights on Ariol, including Ariol! While she's waited in the . . . er, wings hoping Ariol will notice her, this sweet little fly has been cooking up a plan. Mister Cantharide, Bizbilla's dad, is an ophthalmologist. An ophthalmologist is the eye doctor. Ariol wears glasses. And it seems he has an appointment coming up! Bizbilla is all abuzz...