On the way to a concert on the far side of the mountain, the members of the Daffodil String Quartet make a disastrous wrong turn in their small Italian car.
Four quimbles, each no bigger than a little finger, fall out of a car in a forest where they must learn to fend for themselves quickly since winter is not far off.
A gardener and his wife, who want only to grow an ordinary garden and lead simple lives, find their carrots growing larger each year, complicating their lives enormously.
