Emit (whose parents turned back time to name him) is surrounded by busyness. Dad is too busy to read stories, Mum is too busy to play games and Emit's brother and sister are simply too busy doing nothing to do anything at all. Emit tries everything he can think of to get more time - he tries to catch it, wait for it, but it's not until Emit tries to buy some time that he learns the secret - which is if you want time, you have to make it.