 After creating the world, God has three cherubs spread intelligence, wisdom, and foolishness over the world.The third cherub accidentally drops all the foolishness on the village of Chelm, so that everyone in the village is very dumb.A recently orphaned boy named Aaron moves to Chelm to live with his uncle Shlemiel, while Darko, an evil sorcerer, plans to create a golem to destroy Chelm, but needs the Book of Marvels to bring the golem to life.