Professor Balthazar

Professor Balthazar was an inventor. One day he thought up a pair of quite extraordinary shoes. These shoes could fly, dance, jump, chase around like an automobile; very extraordinary shoes indeed. Being the good fellow that he was, Professor Balthazar made a present of them to all his friends. For many, these extraordinary shoes solved various problems and made life easier.

Balthazar travels to the Alps where he meets a man who spends his whole life yodeling although he is disturbed by avalanches. Soon after that he meets a lighthouse keeper in the South Seas who is unable to eat his continuously melting ice-cream. Finally, they both change places, so that one can yodel to his heart's content on the small island and the other is able to eat ice-cream in the Alps.

Balthazar's friend, the famous conductor Horatio, loses favor because of the misfortune which suddenly strikes - at every concert he loses his trousers. In order to help his friend, Balthazar invents the strongest suspenders in the world, which are so elastic they enable the most fantastic jumps. Thus, Horatio is rehabilitated and a new form of entertainment is created.

Professor Balthazar's friend Fabian, the tram driver, is a nice fellow who takes care of a hungry and freezing bird in the wintertime. Grateful, the little sparrow teaches Fabian to fly the next spring. However, Fabian loses his job after causing an accident. Professor Balthazar helps his unemployed friend by inventing a flying tram.

Elephant Koko, the famous musician, plays music on his trunk and loves to eat enormous quantities of ice-cream. But one day, he catch a terrible cold and cannot play any more. Koko is desperate and disappears from the town. His friends, together with professor Balthazar, search the whole world to find him.

Martin is a man whom nobody seems to notice, despite his efforts to attract attention. So Balthazar presents him with a book on how to climb to success. But Martin dissappears and only then does everybody notice that he is missing. Finally, Balthazar finds him at the top of a high mountain where, together with his friend the eagle, he happily makes paper airplanes from the book he has received.