In 1845, Cobtown's Christmas is affected by the failure of the organ at the party being given to feed the residents' pets and by the arrival of a mysterious blind man who does not speak English.
A child's great-great-grandmother's diary reveals the story behind a fallen elm tree, "rescued" pumpkins, and an unusual pig who saves the Cobtown Harvest Festival in 1845.
In Cobtown in 1845, ten-year-old Lucky describes in her diary how mysterious and terrifying screams lead to the discovery of a little striped piglet whom the townspeople name Oinkey.