Like Rabbits

The Dušek family are constructing a cottage in the weekend settlement on the bank of the dam. In the meantime, their son Petr tries to make friends with local boys. But he does not like the games of the gang, especially when they destroy a shelter of Michal Souček. Michal bet an air gun with his father that he would survive for a week without any help from others. Petr likes Michal and, therefore, he often sets off to the wood to see him. Dušek refuses to intervene for the wiring system, and the cottage owners begin to do nasty things to him. Owners of the houseboats on the dam are leaving. The authorities ordered them to leave the dam. This order is also valid for Michal's father. The cottagers continue in their bad behaviour against Dušek. His building permit is taken away. Michal's stay in the wood is soon to be over. Petr wants to help the exhausted boy, but he resists. But when it starts raining, he uses a piece of linoleum he had gotten from Petr as a protection. Mr. Souček throws a party to celebrate the end of the bet. But Michal refuses the air gun and admits that Petr helped him. Souček could buy a cottage in the settlement, but Michal is against it. He does not want to be snobbish. Petr is sad that his friend will leave. But one more disappointment is to come. His father falls into line: in the evening lights turn on in the cottage settlement and the cottagers celebrate. Michal leaves with his father in a canoe and the greedy cottagers soon take their deserted houseboat apart.