Martin and Sylvia wake to see a dusting of snow outside, with more falling all around. They speedily dress and eat breakfast so they can go outside and play in the snow, perhaps to sled or make a snowman! But this is autumn snow — which Daddy says doesn’t last. When it stops snowing and they haven’t so much as a snowball play with, their friends Jonathan and Sasha come up with an idea that melts all disappointment.