 When a mysterious man comes looking for a place to stay after a freak meteorite crashes in the mountains, little Emily Duncan begins to suspect that he is from another world. Her suspicions grow when he shows Emily one of his special seeds that seem to grow out of nothing. However, when the FBI come looking for the man, they claim that the man is, in fact, John Harman, a Nobel award-winning scientist who has gone missing and is in danger of breaking his non-disclosure agreement with the government. Emily is forced to face the truth that the man is, in fact, only human, but his beliefs make an impression on the troubled child, and before he leaves, he gives Emily one last special present.