Storm and Albrikt are not just best friends, but also friends with Gaute, who has been really unlucky and is in hospital with a broken leg. Gaute must be cheered up, Storm and Albrikt agree heartily. Perhaps some homemade hot-pot would be the answer? But Gaute isn't best pleased with their plate of stew. Instead, he keeps complaining about how boring the hospital is. Something to spice up ordinary days would've been a treat, he yawns. And then falls asleep. Storm and Albrikt realise what they have to do. And soon they’re on their way to where the pepper plants grow …