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When field worker Sucoh Sucop shows up at the Nicefolks’ farm looking for work, Ever and Ima Nicefolk hire him. In payment all they can offer him is a place to sleep and meals. He sleeps in the barn and every time ten-year-old twins, Casey and Lacey Nicefolk enter there, they feel something mysterious in the air.

After the harvest is completed, Mr. Sucop shows the children what he has been doing at night. Swearing them to secrecy, he produces a machine he created that makes little things big. When the children first use the machine, they transform a toy tractor into a real one, which Casey and Lacey tell their parents Mr. Sucop had left them as thanks for their hospitality.

Taking the model boat, Sucop’s machine, and their dog Floopy to the nearby river, they transform the model into a powerboat named Hotsy Totsy, and head to San Francisco. The miracle boat has the power to cut through waves, rise above the water, and can go extremely fast. Right before getting to their destination they are startled when a black boat roars out of nowhere, cutting in front of them.

Floopy manages to drive the boat to the island to rescue them. Once back at the marina, the children call the police, giving them the robbers’ whereabouts. The next morning dawns with forty-two boats lined up for the race. Hotsy Totsy sneaks into the quay. Roaring through the tedious course, the children and Floopy have the time of their lives. Making headway with overcoming the other boats, they encounter several obstacles that prove their true grit.