João Grilo and Chicó, friends from Northeast Brazil, engage in mischievous antics while struggling to make ends meet, outwitting the entire village of Taperoá. Based on Ariano Suassuna's work.

The adventures of friends João Grilo, a poor man a liar, and Chicó, the most cowardly of men. Both struggle for daily bread in the Northeast of Brazil and crossing for several episodes fooling all of the small village of Taperoá, in the backlands of Paraiba. Adaptation of the work of Ariano Suassuna.