Steve runs away from home, having argued with his father, and hides in a slate mine where his friend finds him and brings him back. However, on returning to their village the two boys find the place completely deserted. Or so they think.

Steve runs away from home, having argued with his father, and hides in a slate mine where his friend Paul finds him and brings him back. However, on returning to their village the two boys find the place completely deserted. Or so they think.—Simon Arnold