Masklin is a four inches high Gnome whom along with his family lives in the wilderness of the outside world and struggles for survival. Masklin and his family embark on a adventure when Masklin and his family stowaway on-board a truck, the truck transports them to a superstore -- Arnold Bros. (Est. 1905) where Masklin and his family discover a colony of Gnomes living within the floorboards of the superstore. The Gnomes have never been outside and they believe Outside, Rain and Sun are legends and nothing exists outside the superstore. Masklin and his family have in their possession, a black box called "The Thing" which has the ability to communicate with electricity and it spells bad news for the Gnomes and tells them that the superstore is going to close down.