In the beginning was the rhyme. Along came the image. Thus, the children's poet Dr. Krittel, the alter ego of his creator, guides us with a constantly skeptical gaze through his everyday life filled with delightful contradictions. He takes on many roles: vampire, dancer, cook, and captain. Crazy! What is a crazy chicken supposed to do at the psychiatrist's? If it hadn't hopped onto his couch, it would have been plucked elsewhere.