Charlie Brown is inside the barn, which is situated next to a large lake. It is night and the moon is full, and the tide rises, partly flooding the barn. It is misty, so Charlie Brown can barely see. Reaching for a milk bucket to bale out water with, he trips and lands head first into it, spraying milk everywhere. He gets up, and with the bucket still stuck on his head, trips once more into the water of the tide, once more spraying water into the air.