Emile of Lehneberia is the naughtiest boy in Sweden, and perhaps in the whole world. He does more mischief than the days of the year. Instead of a flag he raises his sister Ida, falls from stilts into Mrs. Petrel's soup, drinks the pig and the chickens... but when on one terrible winter night no one dares to take Alfred the sick to the doctor, Emile He harnesses the sleigh and goes against the blizzard alone.