Matty is fifteen and is leaving school in a few weeks´ time. He wantsto work with animals, and would like to get a job on a farm. But hisparents say he´s too young to leave home - he must stay in the townand get a job in ship-building, like his father. They also say hecan´t go on a camping holiday with his friends. And they say he can´tkeep his dog, Nelson, because Nelson barks all day and eats hisfather´s shoes. But it is because of Nelson that Matty finds a newlife . . .
