A blissfully naïve young couple hopes to avoid the fate of the husband's unhappy parents, but as his jealous mother, children, and resentments come between them, the young couple falls into the same pitfalls.

On their honeymoon, a rural couple visits the Fontainebleau palace and sees Napoleon’s hat on exhibit. When the wife confesses her admiration for the Emperor, her husband becomes jealous and feels threatened by her interest in the Emperor's struggles.

While preparing his mother's birthday present, a young boy realizes he has lost her special pruning knife and laments that he has ruined her day.

On a whim, a man decides to cancel his children's music lessons and take them out for a day, hoping for quiet fun and an opportunity to learn more about their lives.