As the three little murmels play in a leaky old arkel, a wild whirligig destroys their homeland and sets the arkel drifting
towards an alien shore. While the shipwrecked murmels sleep, they are thrown into prison. They awake to hear the ruler of the land, the Boss Snig, telling them that as soon as their boat has been fixed, they must leave.
There is little hope for homeless murmels until they are befriended by a young snig. Soon, the four friends begin to share each other's lives
