When a peasant and his daughter, called Claire, are gifted land from the king, the begin to plant crops. When the dig up a solid gold mortar, the peasant wants to bring it as gift to the king. Despite Claire's advice to tell no one as the king will only ask for the pestle, the peasant takes it to the palace. But it turns out, Claire was right and the peasant finds himself in trouble, until the King meets his clever daughter ...