Eero
finds it easy with Hjalmer who is very kind and joyous with him. But
mother Signe turns out to be an alien to the child; She doesn't know
Finnish and Eero, Swedish. This is not the only reason why Eero
doesn't like Signe. But it is also because her attitude towards him
is mechanical and her mind was still not able to accept a stranger as
her own child. To Eero, Signe's every act seemed to be in contrast
to his mother's. As the days pass, Eero and Hjalmer get along easily.
Meanwhile Signe feels that she is left alone in the house. This makes
her grow impatient.
One
day, hearing on radio that Helsinki was bombed, Eero feels like her
mother is in danger and decides to go back to Finland. But to go
back, he had only one way in mind; that is through sea. Without
informing anyone, Eero goes for a sea voyage! This ends up him
drowning in the sea but fortunately two soldiers, on finding him in
trouble, come to his rescue. They take him back to Signe and she
feels very sorry for this kid. Memory of her own little girl
swallowed by the same sea makes her feel more miserable. This makes
her heart smooth towards Eero than before.
At such a time, a letter from Kirsti reach Signe. That letter bore the news that Kirsti had fallen in love with a German and she was following him to Germany. But she had felt that it would be unwise to take Eero to Germany with her as it was not the safest place for him. She had also mentioned that it might be the God's will to bring Eero to Signe and pleaded her to take care of him like her own child for the rest of his life. Signe was shocked to read this and her heart melted for Eero. Now she was totally convinced that Eero will no more be a stranger but her own child. Signe talk to Eero about everything happened so far and ask him to be her son. Thus Eero finds his new mother in Signe.
At such a time, a letter from Kirsti reach Signe. That letter bore the news that Kirsti had fallen in love with a German and she was following him to Germany. But she had felt that it would be unwise to take Eero to Germany with her as it was not the safest place for him. She had also mentioned that it might be the God's will to bring Eero to Signe and pleaded her to take care of him like her own child for the rest of his life. Signe was shocked to read this and her heart melted for Eero. Now she was totally convinced that Eero will no more be a stranger but her own child. Signe talk to Eero about everything happened so far and ask him to be her son. Thus Eero finds his new mother in Signe.
After
a month or so, When everything was getting colourful for the whole
family of Hjalmer, another letter from Finland strike them with
thunderbolt. The letter read that Kirsti wanted Eero back in
Finland as peace had set in. She didn't go with the German as she
felt shameful at the idea of abandoning her own child. She had felt
that she loved her child more and this had made her to rethink of her
decision.
Will
Eero go back to Finland? Does Signe lose her new found son? Who has
the right to be the mother of Eero?