Josephina, a javelina who dreams of becoming a famous ballerina, heads for California hoping to be discovered, but her cousin Angelina takes her to a talent agent who looks strangely familiar.
While staying with relatives in California after the death of her mother, ten-year-old Lavina sees the arrival of the automobile and experiences the great San Francisco earthquake.
A Southwestern version of "Little Red Riding Hood" in which Little Red rides her pony Buck to Grandma's ranch with a jar of cactus jelly in the saddlebag.