A Colombian farmer and his son are exiled from their village on the high plains. They boy befriends a girl and borrows a little dog to play with, while the father is forced to work in the illegal Amapola (poppy) filed. The two stories intertwine when one day the boy follows his father to work.—Anonymous

In Colombia cultivating poppies (Amapolas) is a dangerous, but lucrative business. Farmer EMILIO and his 9-year old son SIMON are exiled by rebels and find refuge in Cousin WILSON's home. Emilio is forced to work in the Amapolas crop, while Simon befriends LUISA, a girls of his own age. She is obsessed with playing with a puppy dog she can't afford. Simon goes ahead and steals the dog for her every day, just to return it each night. One day, Wilson discovers Simon's secret and uses it to blackmail him in order to achieve his own greedy plan.—Anonymous