When the grumpy, one-eyed, and ill-tempered banker Grusumpsios Strimpsidis kicks the little swallow Louli Fterouli Helidonouli off the roof of his house, and the little frog Glisterouli Pidichtouli Sparakouax out of his garden pond, he has no idea what awaits him that very night!

He can't imagine the ostrich that will appear on his roof, nor the hippopotamus that will end up in his bathtub! And was there only one ostrich? And only one hippopotamus? Of course not!

Many ostriches will dance on his roof. Many hippopotamuses will parade in his garden. And together they will teach him a lesson he will never forget!