Carrie and Peter Willow have been sent to the countryside and are taken in by the Evanses with there auntie Lou and the scary Mr Evans. The Willows are quite happy here. They like to go to visit their friend Albert Sandwich and his guardians Hephzibah Mister Jonny and the Evanses sister who no-one sees. Everything is well until Carrie makes the worst choice she ever has...