Once upon a time a poor unfortunate man lived with his mother, his wife, and his six children in a one-room hut. 

Because they were so crowded, the man and his wife often argued. The children were noisy, and they fought. At last, when the poor unfortunate man could stand it no longer, he ran to the Rabbi for help.  

As he follows the Rabbi's surprising advice, the poor man's life goes from bad to worse, with increasingly uproarious results. The little hut is soon filled with calamity after catastrophe, each sillier and more foolish than the last, and all depicted in illustrations that are both funnier and lovelier than any Margot Zemach has ever done.  

From the dust jacket