To lure pretty Epily, little chick Abelard sees only one solution: to catch the moon for her! So off he goes to America, the country which invented flying machines. Armed with his banjo and his proverb-sharing hat, he launches out on the country roads, meets Gypsies, then Gaston, a grumpy bear with whom he will share a good bit of his way. As opposed to dreamer Abelard, Gaston has his feet firmly planted on the ground...