Arabian potter Muck is constantly pestered by the knaves in his city chasing him, at risk of breaking his delivery. Trapped in his workshop, he appeases them by telling his true story. Orphaned young without proper education, he looses his home to quarreling relatives and ventures after the elusive 'merchant of happiness' in the desert. Following a cat, he finds himself trapped in the cat lady's ruin home, but escapes having stolen a pair of magical shoes enabling him to run like the wind, once he masters their use. He returns and is introduced at the silly sultan's court, where corrupt advisers rival for positions and the hand of princess Amarza, who is in love with a neighboring prince, hence resist being bareheaded to chief courtier Bayazid. A wager against the royal runner Murad wins Mach his position. Thus he must deliver a foppish war declaration to the prince's father, which is luckily prevented just in time, yet Muck is unfairly blamed and booted. He discovers magical figs which can cause a person to get viz. rid him of donkey ears, and teams up disguised with the prince to set things straight.—KGF Vissers
An old man living in an oriental city tells the story of his life to a group of kids: He too was once a young boy by the name of Little Muck - much like them, but with better manners and a heap of problems. Having lost his father at early age, little Muck is expelled from home by his greedy relatives. He wanders off into the desert hoping to find the merchant who sells good fortune. Amidst the dunes of sand he comes across a small house owned by a wicked woman and her many cats. She wants to make Little Muck her servant, but he manages to escape by stealing a pair of magic shoes which enable him to run faster than any man in the country. From there he heads right into the next set of challenges... Based on a fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff.