Five-year-old Norbert visits Haus des Kindes in Berlin with his parents. He runs away and visits the whole house on his own. He strolls through the clothing department, past shoes, takes the escalator and elevator up to the children's café, barely escapes an attentive waitress and ends up in the toy department while his parents are looking for him upstairs. Found and punished by his father, Norbert experiences all kinds of adventures in his dream.