A quick-thinking police officer in Sydney's infamous King Cross has rescued a twelve-week-old puppy and rushed her into the Bondi clinic. The puppy was found sweltering in forty-degree heat in a plastic handbag and the culprit has been arrested. Little Tilly soon finds a place in Chris' heart and home where she has a confrontation with the resident cat, George. Without a microchip, the search is on for her owner.