This is actually the story of Desperaux Tilling, a mouse deeply in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the storyplot of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl with a simple, impossible wish. These characters are going to embark on a journey that will lead them into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and ultimately, into each other’s lives.

And what goes on then?

Listeners, it is your destiny to learn.