Once there was a tree near the sea. Under the tree live a cockerel, a hen, a lizard, a crocodile, a tortoise, a crab and a snake. One day when the hen and the cockerel leave their nest of eggs to find food, the nest is hit by a huge wave. All the eggs are carried out to sea. The rooster comforts his grieving wife, and together they find some different eggs lying in the sand. They it on the eggs, and when they hatch, out come a baby bird, a baby crocodile, a baby lizard and a baby crab. Even if they look little strange, the cockerel and hen lovingly take them all under their wings.