For some time now Sosthène clerk at the Grand Laundromat of PapillonsousBois has been in love with Alphonsine the girl who brings the laundry One evening he decides to win the heart of his beloved who until now has been cruel and deaf to his fiery declarations and if necessary hell kidnap her Hidden at the edge of the woods when Alphonsine goes by Sosthène rolls through the grass until he lands at the beautys feet proclaiming his love in a deranged voice Be mine or die You idiot Blood rushes to Sosthènes head His breath becomes so ragged that it can be heard a mile away catching the attention of the famous detective Zigoto who was walking Bouboule his no less famous police dog