Edmund is a boy whose favorite story of Chanticleer| a rooster whose singing makes the sun rise every morning until the Grand Duke of Owls| whose kind despises thebright sun| makes him look like a fraud. With Chanticleer driven from his farm| the owls put it under a spell of perpetual darkness and rain. As Edmund's own farmfloods| he calls to Chanticleer| only to summon the Duke himself who transforms him into a kitten to devour him. Rescued by Chanticleer's former friends Patou thehound| Snipes the magpie and Peepers the mouse| they go on an adventure to the city where the rooster had gone and became a great singing rock star!