Boes and Tad find an octopus lying unconscious on the beach. They decide to save his life by pumping air into the octopus. The octopus inflates like a balloon and begins to float. Boes and Tad then decide to tie a basket on the octopus` arms so that they can have a journey. Before long the weather changes for the worse, the wind blows the balloon far away and it finally lands in the middle of a desert...