A little boy called Chico Eduardo makes a paper boat. Then, Elisete, the washerwoman, shows up wanting to wash her clothes, but it appears that there is no water. But that is not a problem: from a pile of dirty clothes, she pulls out a river. The small boat seems happy enough to finally find its home and sails away. Chico and Elisete, then, go in search of the boat in a marvelous and funny adventure.