当十年威利已经从东伦敦疏散，它选择了自己13桑德儿子的队长，在军队，作为一个同伴在一个美丽的乡间别墅。桑德比他的傲慢和嘲弄。威利并没有要拍鸟，打战士和拳击。他的朋友们只有保姆桑德和一个年轻的士兵布莱克。他的父亲离开了军队，并发现自己在附近的森林中，护士给他在晚上的食物，但在恐慌布雷克射击他。 When 10-year-old Willie is evacuated from the East End of London, he is chosen by Zander, 13-year-old son of an army captain, to be his companion in a rambling country house. Zander's upbringing makes him snobbish and a bully. Willie does not enjoy shooting birds, playing with toy soldiers, or boxing; his only friends are Zander's nanny, and a young soldier called Blake. His father turns up in the nearby woods, having deserted the army. The nanny gives him food till one night, in panic, Blake shoots him.