Jean Claesson

The prologue shows a Swedish home, where a family discusses what "a handful of rice" can mean. The action then moves to Thailand and shows the life of a Thai couple, Pó Chai and Mé Ying, and their lives of joy and hardship in the jungle growing rice.

At a restaurant visit happens to the distracted professor and flea animal expert Loris get his overcoat replaced by Lieutenant Juncker. Lt. discovers the mistake at a night grog with two joke hungry friends. In the professor's coat he finds the professor's notes for the next day, and Lieutenant Juncker bet with his cronies that he should be able to carry out the professor's daily program without being exposed.