Jimmy, Patrick, and Gloria are students on a summer-long cruise aboard a “tall” ship. Having lost at an innocent card game, they’re forced to pay the consequences determined by the winner, they must steal the Captain’s parrot, Robinson. This is done with relative precision and cunning, but when the alarm is sounded, all three jump into one of the ship’s side-mounted lifeboats to hide from their panicky superiors. The lines on the skiff are weak, however, and the youths (with macaw in tow) tumble into the water. No one sees it happen. The large sailing ship sails over the horizon, leaving our frightened bird snatchers to float alone on an empty sea.