One moonlit night on a faraway beach an owl is mourning the recent departure of his beloved friend who sailed away with a pussycat in a pea green boat.
A passing rhino reminds him that there is no point waiting for someone who is not returning, but Owl is attached to his grief and will not give it up.
He even wishes the rhino would leave so that he can properly attend to his misery. But the rhino sees that the poor owl needs company, so she stays.