A baby boy is left in a basket outside Asterixs hut
- who can have dumped the foundling there & why? Child-care is something new to the Gaulish warriors but Asterix & Obelix do their best although they have had more practice in thumping Romans. Child-care is also new to Crismus Cactus Prefect of Gaul who finds himself masquerading as a Gaulish nursemaid. Why are the Romans after the baby & just what plot is the treacherous Brutus hatching against Julius Caesar? Even though the Gaulish village burns down all ends well with Caesar promising to rebuild it
- & theres a great banquet on board Queen Cleopatras galley.