Choose not a house, but a neighbor –a conventional wisdom says. Three English families settled in one yard, did not choose each other, but were neighbors. As usual, if something happens to one family, it affects in turn or simultaneously all the families. Fathers have to resolve a situation not always looking into the intricacies of what is happening. Only an 11-year-old girl, nicknamed Skunk, who lives with her brother, father, and a servant – a sweet, funny, touching, and dreaming of happiness, knows everything!