A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the narwhales who sometimes come. Meanwhile, World War I is making life hard in the village. 　　译文(2): 一对儿童结交了一位古怪的老人，他住在他们岛上家园的远岸。但事实证明，老人知道一个可怕的秘密，关于岛屿和角鲸谁有时来。与此同时，第一次世界大战让村子里的生活变得艰难。