A modern fable to remind us that greed and selfishness are harmful and that peace and harmony flow from an attitude of grateful appreciation for the gifts we receive and a respect for the need and right of others to share in those gifts.
Beaver's excitement at finding a mussel that doubtless contains a pearl is tempered by the realization that such a treasure could stir the greed of his friends, causing a chain of environmentally disasterous events.
When troubled thirteen-year-old Luke's dream of becoming a professional surfer seems threatened by some real competition from a girl he barely knows at junior high school, he reacts with angry outbursts that drive his friends away.