The film contains three Jan Werich's fairy tales, each directed by one artist. The first story sets out to the Sumava mountains in Southern Bohemia to find out whether Ogres ever lived there. The middle tale The Hat and the Little Jay Feather concerns a king who sends his three sons to bring back a hat he left at a tavern when he was young. The third and longest fairy tale Reason and Luck is about the two virtues of the title try to prove their importance by changing the life of a pig herder named Louis. Written by

在名为戴乌茨（意为幸福）的小村子里，住着一个贪婪吝啬的人，名叫巴鲁卡。她总是想尽办法占便宜，连牧师家也不放过。在给牧师买菜做饭时，巴鲁卡克扣口粮，牧师全家因此经常吃不饱，而巴鲁卡家的猪却喂得滚圆。 生气的牧师决心报复，夜深人静之时偷偷潜入巴鲁卡的家，杀了她的猪。第二天巴鲁卡愤怒不已，但找不到罪魁祸首。傍晚牧师的房子生起炊烟，飘出阵阵肉香。心生怀疑的巴鲁卡偷偷躲在门外，想一探究竟。不承想失足失摔了下来，失去了意识……