Brothers River and Jan receive a box for their father. Miss Pink Nose tells them that it is magical and that they cannot open it. What should they do? Should they open it?  Miss Pink Nose, the mail carrier, delivers a box to brothers River and Jan. It is for their father and she tells them not to open it. The two boys wait and wait and wait... They touch it, weigh it and smell it, and as their curiosity grows, the brothers imagine, all morning, and until their dad comes home, just what weird and wonderful things might be in that magical box!