Et voici que Babe, l'unique representant de la race porcine a savoir conduire un troupeau de moutons, precipite par maladresse le brave M. Hoggett au fond du puits. Le malheureux est desormais immobilise et Mme Hoggett se depense sans compter pour soigner son epoux et assurer la marche de la maison. Malgre ses soins, la ferme periclite et la banque la menace d'une saisie. La paysanne decide alors d'engager Babe dans une nouvelle competition qui leur rapportera l'argent indispensable. Rassemblant tout leur courage, Babe et sa maitresse partent par la ville.

The twelve-year-old Emil and his father are haunted by bad luck. To take a break from a series of family disasters, Emil is allowed to spend a few days with a friend of the family, the female priest Hummel in Berlin. In the train he runs across the slick Max Grundeis who anaesthetizes Emil and steals his savings of 1500 DM. When he finally arrives in Berlin, Emil and a gang of street kids, led by the cheeky girl Pony Hütchen, try to find the gangster, who haunts the posh Hotel Adlon as a hotel thief. Meanwhile, to prevent anyone from finding out about Emil's mishap, Gypsi, a member of the gang of kids, passes himself off as Emil, thus wreaking havoc on the home of the priest.

Carlos sweeps and mops the floor of an old-time barbershop. The day before Independence Day, among the customers is Julio. Their eyes meet, and when the barbershop closes Julio comes back for Carlos. They spend the night together, eating, chatting and even dancing, knowing full well that this encounter will be brief and short-lived.

Buster leaves his job after learning that he inherited a farm from an old relative.