After exchanging clothes with a beggar and allowing him to be king in his place, a peace-loving prince goes to live in the mountains and constructs a lute that will bring his message of peace and harmony to all the people in the land.
Text in Spanish. Joachim, a street sweeper, offers to clean the city streets if he can keep all the junk. He uses the junk to build a house, an airplane, and a submarine.
On a freezing winter night, a young lute player, an old, blind storyteller, and the king of the northern country are brought together to witness the birth of a very special child.