On a sleepy summer day, a boy is immersed in his reading while his pet canary sings in its cage and his cat wanders around in search of small prey. As the boy slips into a dream, his pets transform into magical forest creatures with the power to intervene in human affairs. But, at the heart of this metamorphosis, there might be the boy himself or some version of him from long ago... This fantastic tale explores the silent bond between children and animals, the power of imagination to blur the separation between dream and reality, and the idea that reality may first take shape in the strange land where dreams are created.