Thirteen-year-old Grassina vies with her older sister, Chartreuse, to see who will inherit the family's talent for magic and become the Green Witch, while each ponders which prince will be at her side during her "happily ever after."
Sally the salamander boasts about being so fast that no snake can catch her, and so when she discovers that her tail has been bitten off, she is embarrassed to let the other animals see her.