It is Ben Thompson’s birthday, and the clever cat has a surprising wish: he’d like to get closer to the Junkyard Warden. But there’s a problem: Ben is not allowed to show himself to the warden or to any of the workers. It’s a hard-and-fast rule. But when the sound of a jingling bell sends both him and the warden on a magical treasure hunt through the junkyard, Ben discovers a connection with the warden that he never would have dreamed possible.