1647年，贝弗利家的四个孩子——爱德华、汉弗莱、艾丽斯和小伊迪丝——正藏在新森林里。这时，英国国王被关在狱中，全国各地都在打仗——克伦威尔的人和国王的人打仗。而如果你是支持国王的，你可就极度危险了。

It is 1647 and the four Beverley children — Edward, Humphrey, Alice and little Edith — are in hiding in the New Forest. The King of England is in prison, and there is fighting everywhere in the country — Cromwell's men against the King's men. And if you are a friend of the King, you are in great danger.

孩子们的父亲为国王作战时牺牲了，他们的母亲也死了，克伦威尔的士兵烧了他们的家，他们没有钱，没有食物，什么都没有了。但是他们有个真正的朋友——老雅各布·阿米蒂奇。所以现在，在雅各布的帮助下，他们必须学会靠土地生活——学习在森林里猎食，学习种菜，学习喂猪养鸡。

The children's father died while fighting for the King, their mother is dead, Cromwell's soldiers have burnt their home, and they have no money, no food, nothing. But they have one true friend — old Jacob Armitage. So now, with Jacob to help them, they must learn to live off the land — to hunt for meat in the forest, to plant vegetables, to look after the pigs and chickens.

但是到处都是克伦威尔的人，孩子们必须学会永远不能说出他们是姓贝弗利……

But Cromwell's men are everywhere, and the children must learn never to say that their name is Beverley...