The story is revealed to be a storybook that a mother named Dory (Dee Wallace) reads to her 8-year-old son, Edmond (Toby Scott Ganger). The other animals reject him and drive him out of the farm, causing a perpetual rainstorm and beginning the Grand Duke's reign of terror on the farm. Chanticleer wins but forgets to crow and the sun rises without his singing. However, one morning, Chanticleer gets in a fight with another rooster that was sent by the Grand Duke of Owls (Christopher Plummer), whose kind can't stand the sunlight. His singing keeps the other animals happy and the farm free from downpours. Chanticleer (Glen Campbell) is a proud rooster whose crowing wakes the sun up every morning (or so the other farm animals believe).
