The two kids want to go on strike because their father won't raise their allowance. But they are having a hard time finding something to strike over, and decide to take advice from the fish in the acquarium.

A cartoon in which two aquarium fish worry about the kids of the house who are going on a school trip.

Summer heat brings on unnerved parents, a power failure, chaos, and amused fish.

The parents are arguing and Palla worries that it will end in divorce, and this could mean being flushed down the toilet. Luckily, the parents patch things up.

Somehow Pippo and Palla get kidnapped and they begin to worry about ending up in a can!