Old Befana, a cranky old lady--or so think the children of the town--is always sweeping with her broom. One night a brilliant star appears in the sky, and Old Befana meets a procession of three kings on their way to Bethlehem.
When Isabella, a beautiful but lazy young woman, agrees to marry an equally lazy prince, the sorceress who raised her gives her the head of a goat in hopes that she will learn to do things for herself.