This sets the stage for several different stories that take place all at once. A billboard painter, his clothes stained with paint, accidentally kicks over a bucket of paint as he ducks under the eaves to take cover from the rain. To the left, a sheepdog is keeping a herd of sheep to one side of the street to avoid an oncoming car.
發生在鎮上的故事也饒富趣味：廣告刊版畫師狼狽坐在屋簷上躲雨，渾身沾滿顏料，還不小心打翻油漆罐；左側一隻牧羊犬正帶著羊群躲避狹路相逢的汽車。