The road seems to get longer and longer as the wayward Pinkamena Diane Pie travels from town to town in this tale of woe, devastation, and musicianship. Ostracized from society because of her peculiar tendency to lure children away from their homes (with a strange propensity for orphans) with her hypnotizing music, the Gypsy Bard finds that life is a continuous struggle, so the only way she can cope with it all is through the seamless accompaniment of run-away foals.