In "Tabaluga und Lilli", Tabaluga hears a strange noise and disobeys his father's warning not to travel to the ice kingdom. There he finds king Arktos sculpting a daughter made of ice for himself, and although an angry Arktos forces him to fly away, Tabaluga is smitten with the figure. Exhausted, he sleeps and meets his father on a dream, being told that he will have to know new things as part of life. Next morning, after being taught politeness by bees, Tabaluga discovers a volcano operated by a Crater Man, and accidentally singes himself by triggering an eruption out of curiosity. He gets thrown to the webs of black widow spider Tarantula, whom he talks with about fear and love, and eventually finds an ice castle similar to a large casino. Arktos is here and offers Tabaluga to bet Lilly against his dragon fire in a play of dice; although the dragon wins, Lilli is revealed to move only through a golden key who the evil Arktos has. Deceived, Tabaluga finds the world collapsing around him and wonders whether it was dream or reality. He feels he has lost Lilli, but the hermit crab Ostrakes talks to him about the power of love advices him to use his fire on her. By doing so, the ice of her heart melts and she gains sentience, and she and an overjoyed Tabaluga embrace.