Colin the Crab, the most skillful builder on the eastern riverbank, never hesitates to help his friends. Now Colin is busy with his own new projecta garden pavilion for his home. But after a week of hard work, the pavilion of his dreams is still unfinished. Even worse, a boisterous fish family has taken over the construction site.

The exhausted Colin buries himself under a blanket and refuses to open his curtains. Puzzled, Colins friends call an emergency meetingits time for them to take action!