The story opens with a shy, inept man known as "The Innocent" trying and failing to fly a kite. His efforts are interrupted by the delivery of a large Jack-in-the-box addressed to him. When he opens it, out pops "The Trickster", a smooth, sophisticated, cucumber-cool fellow in a nice suit who has arrived to transport our protagonist, via a Magic Wand, to a goofy clockwork kingdom filled with colourful individuals. What ensues is an adventure that will teach the hapless fellow of the (mostly good!) possibilities that come with confidence and imagination.