After taking and eating one of his mother's carrot pies, young Rooter Rabbit fearfully tells several false stories before he is able to confess the truth.
Retells the traditional Italian tale of the poor peasant woman who, long ago, set out to find the Christ Child and wanders to this day, carrying a sack of gifts to give to good children at Christmas.
When the Prince refuses to go to bed each night, people come from near and far with "cures," but an old woman knows the best way of putting children to sleep.