Grandpa tells stories of the fruit and vegetable huckster in his childhood neighborhood, a man he learns to appreciate after a rocky start.

A young boy whose father is serving overseas during World War II struggles to overcome his fears, especially his fear of the horses that pull trade wagons through his neighborhood, as he works odd jobs for money to buy his father a birthday present.

Wandering peddler Kraft Lawrence joins forces with Holo, a harvest diety in the form of a young woman with the ears and tail of a wolf, and finds that having such a companion can lead to new profits but also new enemies.