A man is seen by a hen, which is sitting on a nest. The three little men enter, the hen eats one of the men's hats and drinks iron potion. The man takes the egg with him, tries to warm it up, a blacksmith hits it with a hammer and a scientist examines the egg, but none of them succeed in breaking the egg. The egg is thrown out of the window and a road worker tries to hammer the egg - without success. The man sees a cannon, the egg is shot out of the cannon and lands by the three little men. The egg breaks open and a hat comes out. Stumfilm.dk