Rolling from one town to the next, a Dickensian storyteller shares a timeless tale. When Cheeseboy’s cheese planet is hit by a passing meteor and reduced to a fondue, the boat he is in floats to earth – and he, in his sleep, floats down with it. Awaking in a foreign land, the boy searches for what he loves, riding with gypsies, stopping the tides, and making a deal with the moon.