This film, based on a true story, tells the harrowing tale of a mother who kept her baby, who had died from bronchitis, hidden in an apple cupboard in her house. The baby's body is found and treated as a doll by her six year old son Mutt. Eventually, Mutt, who is alone in the house following the death of his mother, also from bronchitis, summons help from passers-by and both mother and baby are eventually buried peacefully.