A father and son hope to go fishing in Oregon but they learn that the rivers no longer have any fish. They hear a rumor about a hidden lake, so they set out on a journey through the wilderness to find it.

A sign painter in rural Ontario has a hobby of woodcutting in the nearby countryside. When he hears a rumor of a competitor's contract for an area where he had already planned to gather wood, he rushes to cut down as many trees as he can, but his haste leads to an accident with potentially deadly consequences.