Hlapič escapes from Master Mrkonja and experiences many adventures on his journey: he helps the old milkman, finds the lost geese, exposes thieves, saves a village from a fire, meets the girl Gita, and together they defeat the Black Man. Hlapič prevents the theft of a cow at Marko’s house, meets the changed master, and discovers that Gita is his lost daughter Marica. They return home, Hlapič inherits a donkey and a cart, and begins a new, happy life.