Padre tells the story that happened many miles from where they live in El Camino del Norte, Mexico.

In the Galilean countryside near the city of Nazareth, Small One was an old donkey who belonged to a woodcutter, whose son was kinder to him.

The boy sells the man Small One for one piece of silver and hurries to the gates before the guards close it.

In the end, the boy says his last goodbyes to his friend, and Small One, as told by Padre, makes it all the way to Bethlehem with Joseph and Mary and sees the king being born; despite how he was made fun of, the donkey became part of the Christmas miracle.

In the end, Pablo and Padre listen, wondering whether it was a donkey's hooves or the sound of the church bells rehearsing the chimes for Christmas morning, but only Cupido knew what it really was.