A princess, cursed at birth with a lack of gravity, floats placidly through her life until circumstances force a confrontation with the evil aunt who laid the curse on her.

A wicked sorceress, peeved at being excluded from her royal niece's christening, curses the baby with a lack of gravity. All her life, the princess floats like a kite on a string, until a drought caused by the witch's malice threatens the whole country with destruction.