He stops by a butterfly thinking that some people would kill it to add to their collection, but the painter smiles and lets it fly away.

An alien exits the spaceship, photographs the environment and tries to contact the painter by changing his appearance to resemble nearby animals and objects and by touching him.

The painter is frightened and tries to run away losing his belongings one by one (boots, hat, scarf, smoking pipe and paints), but falls from a cliff and hurts his leg.

Unable to move further because of hurt leg, the painter covers his head with his hands, ready to accept his fate.

Director Vladimir Tarasov explored this theme of universal communication in his other films; he considered animation "the Esperanto of all mankind".