A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

Relates the exploits of Arthur and his knights from Arthur's birth to the destruction of Camelot.

A selection of thirteen tales from the Arabian folklore epic The thousand and one nights, in which Scheherazade tries to free her people from the cruel tyranny of their sultan, who daily executes his new-wed wife, by telling him enchanting tales.