Dylan Malone, aka Beaky, has a habit of telling porkies—every time he opens his mouth, out pops a whopper! But then his long-suffering sister shoves him into the truth-telling machine at Madame Shirley's Marvellous Emporium of Peculiarities. Now Beaky can't tell a lie—not even a teeny-weeny one—and a truth-telling Beaky is even worse...