Halfwit Harry is set on finding a job he likes and tries different trades: on Monday he looks for work at the tailors, on Tuesday at the farmhands house, on Wednesday at the tavern After some amusing setbacks and failing spectacularly at work, his perseverance and optimism will at last be compensated. This version of the traditional European tale incorporates an agile original rhythm set out by the seven days of the week indicating the passing of time and the end of a cycle which completes the protagonists independence.