A dilapidated old barn shelters a wide variety of animals, including snakes, porcupines, cats, and a skunk, during the sub-zero winter temperature of Maine, while they wait for the first signs of spring.
Lop, a gentle part-Labrador puppy born in the wild, loses her mother, learns to hunt and to survive the dangers of nature, is raised by a fox, and eventually finds a home with humans.