A family of starving mice try to come up with an idea to get past the cat guarding the food. After the youngest mouse trips over a bell, they come up with a plan to tie the bell to the cat's tail so they can hear when it's coming. The youngest mouse is elected to the dangerous task. After numerous attempts, the mouse finds himself running for his life. When the cat catches up, he accidentally swallows the bell, to the delight of the mice!
Herr Werther, a new magistrate to the Grand Duchy of Walheim who is a violinist and poet, seems to have fate on his side as he meets and pursues a beautiful local woman, Charlotte.
A cocky young Marine who's alienated many of his fellow soldiers with his smart-aleck, wiseguy attitude gets a "wake-up call" when his unit comes under attack by bandits.
Three mice run, cavort, sing and dance around in the stores and restaurants a big city at night. They wind up in a café for an early-morning snack and stocking up on food provisions before they return to the safety of their den beneath a man-hole cover in the street.
In the village of Sableuse, the local manor has been bought out by a nouveau riche, Emile Cousinet. When his wife Lisette, a former music hall actress, flees to Paris with young Pierre de Sableuse, Cousinet asks Father Pellegrin, the village vicar, to bring the lost sheep back home.
