A young boy takes the oath of magic and is transported into the world described in Indian legends where animals are the only intelligent inhabitants and man does not yet exist.
A young girl determines to find out what is "outside" the sealed off city in which she's always lived but discovers that the only way she can get out is with the help of a mysterious rhyming man.
A young boy who has been in the care of a simple tribe of intelligent animals he calls "The People" has to decide between his loyalty to them and his need to be among his own kind.