An imaginative 6-year-old boy, Gabriel, has developed a close relationship with some ants he's collected and is keeping in an ant farm. When one of them stops moving, he asks his mother questions about love, life and death for the first time. He misunderstands her distracted reply, a unique interpretation that leads him to make the first major independent decision of his life. Convinced the deceased ant must get to heaven, and eager to witness this passage, Gabriel embarks on a self-appointed quest and is rewarded