This is the rollicking tale of the adventures of Charlie the youngest cable car. Only sixty years old he is tired of the same old rut. One night as he s puffing himself up Nob Hill he hears a lot of excitement down below: Chinese New year! Suddenly Charlie takes a right turn at Jackson Street rather than the left he has taken for sixty years and he finds himself in the middle of the parade. There he meets a friendly dragon named Chu Chin Chow who is bored with his job. Charlie treats Chu to a cable car ride that looks as if it will end in a disastrous plunge into the San Francisco Bay--unless a miracle occurs.