The classics of French literature adapted to a non francophone public. Germain the plowman, his son Pierre and Marie the shepherdess leave their village together. Germain has been widowed for a couple of years and leaves reluctantly to find a new wife to take care of his children. Marie leaves to work in a farm, La ferme des Ormeaux, far from her family. Petit Pierre, the eldest son of Germain is the only one who is confident and happy. The future of his father and the little shepherdess will depend on him...