Performances at the Grimgor Theater are always sold out. The puppet actors are so skillfully made and move so flawlessly, as if they were alive. Getting a ticket to a play is every boy's dream, but Nicholas will never save that much money! Having escaped from his native farm, he is forced to earn a living as an apprentice at a cloth factory. Where can I give him a whole silver thaler? But then a lucky chance turned up, and the boy was in the auditorium. The play is wonderful! The dolls are incredible! Everyone applauds! And only Nikki can’t clap her hands, or even lift a finger. What's wrong with him? Why has everything changed? Some kind of witchcraft! Where are they taking him? And how to escape from here? It seems Nick will need all his courage and ingenuity to get out of Grimgor's magical theater...