A capricious man who is suspicious of his wife spells her out of the house with her little son Nemat who is a cripple. The boy grows up while working in various jobs from selling oil in

A gypsy woman named Setareh, after being rejected from home, leaves her young son Ali next to a house and runs away. Farrash-bashi (School Janitor) finds Ali and takes him to his workplace, which is a busy elementary school, and takes care of him with the help of school children.