A phonograph winds itself up and lets its needle touch the record. It is one of many animate objects placed on a grassy field surrounded by trees, including three chairs (two wicker, one wooden), a double-drawered desk where the chairs play cards, and a lounge on where a suit of clothes crosses its legs and reclines between two bowls, one empty and the other full of prunes. A snail briefly crawls onto the phonograph's record, causing a bump every time the needle crosses it before crawling away. Also housed on the lawn is a battered wooden chess set, which begins to play itself.
