Plot Summary:A magic act of transformations. A woman places a bust on a table which comes to life briefly before transforming into dancing midgets and a butterfly whose wings keep changing into a variety of patterns. Lastly the woman pulls two babies out of a large cabbage.
The special effects pioneer Segundo de Chomón reinterprets for the camera a famous stage illusion that featured a metamorphosis from one object (or person) into another. Here a statue turns into a butterfly fairy who performs a number of dazzling costume transformations that are a feast for the eyes.