In this variation on the Cinderella story set in the Smoky Mountains, Rose longs to go to the party given by the rich feller on the other side of the creek and receives assistance from an unlikely fairy godmother.
With the help of her fairy godmother, a kitchen maid mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters attends the palace ball where she meets the prince of her dreams.
A young boy inherits a cat from his dying father. The boy wonders what good is a cat when, suddenly, the cat starts to talk and many surprises begin to happen.