 The title is a play on "14 karat", as in a purity level for gold.The basic plot of "14 Carrot Rabbit" takes place during the Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899), ("where men were men and women were women...a darn good arrangement"), and centers on Yosemite Sam (here as Chilkoot Sam) who steals other people's gold.The story begins with an old man named Louie slouching over by a river to clean the gold he found in a pan.