Can Roscoe, the beak-nosed, chicken-talking, orphan boy, outwit the evil Mortimer, Ogres and bandits, return the lost wink to Princess Maisie, and win her love?
Upon the death of his mother, Roscoe is enslaved by the evil Mortimer, who raises him in a chicken coop. Dreaming is forbidden. On the bright side, he learns to run the farm, speak chicken, bee and cow, and peck for grubs with his over-sized nose. One night he does dare to dream: of baking apples. He builds a roadside stand. When King Curlichek’s entourage visits, he mistakes Roscoe’s innocent blink for a scandalous wink at Princess Maisie, and orders the boy seized. Maisie’s distressed too, but not because she’s offended – quite the opposite. This was her first wink, she missed it and now it’s lost! She orders it found. Roscoe offers to find it and bring it to her – a welcome challenge, for he has fallen in love. But this won’t be easy. First he must flee from the murderous Mortimer, elude Ogres and outwit bandits. Fortunately the farm animals join him, determined to pursue dreams of their own: the glass slippers, fine clothes and soft beds they heard of in fairy tales. But with Mortimer hot on their trail, can Roscoe avoid a beheading, replace the lost wink and win the love of a princess?