A forest full of animated animals encourage a pair of snails, who are fully clad in black because they are in mourning for a dead leaf, to celebrate the new spring and reclaim the colors of life. Based on the children's poem by Jacques Prévert entitled "Chanson des escargots qui font à l'enterrement" ("Song of the snails who are on their way to a funeral").

Deux escargots s'en vont à l'enterrement d'une feuille morte (d'après le poème de Jacques Prévert, Chanson des escargots qui vont à l'enterrement et d'après les personnages de Jephan de Villiers).