Four children, about eight to ten years of age, sit around a nearly empty set complaining about all the rules they must follow - whether from parents, teachers, or other adults. An off-screen narrator invites them to imagine a place with no rules, and they're transported to an island of the imagination. They're excited at first, but as they try to play games, explore, gather shells to make a necklace, get food, attend to an injury, and eat, they find that life without rules is more than difficult.