A little girl named Cassie telling the story of her life growing up on a farm. Her love and the interaction with all of the animals. The knowledge that as a family everyone does their part to help out. Her love of her parents, grandparents, and siblings. Her attachment to the land, nature and the animals and that sad things happen just as with people. Every child that has ever had a pet knows that sadness.But finds out that the sadness will brighten when another pet comes along and steals their heart.