11-year-old Persia is an energetic, loyal, and happy young girl who has grown up alongside the animals on the Serengeti plains of Africa. Twins Riki and Gaku Muroi and their grandfather, Gōken, bring Persia to Japan with them in Minato-machi, where she lives with a couple who own a grocery store. During an incident on the return flight to Japan, Persia finds herself in the "Lovely Dream," the land where dreams are born and grow. The Fairy Queen appears before Persia in the form of a butterfly and explains that the Lovely Dream is in danger, requesting Persia's help. She gives Persia a magical golden headband with a star that reacts to the word "Papurikko." With it, Persia can conjure a magic baton that bridges her world and the Lovely Dream, as well as transform into an older self by saying "Perukko Raburin Kurukuru Rinkuru." She is sent back into the regular world with three kappa on a mission to collect love energy to thaw the frozen Lovely Dream.
