Cedric Errol is seven years old. He lives with his mother in a little house in New York. They don't have much money, but mother and son are good friends. Cedric is a kind, friendly little boy, and everybody likes him. His father was English, but he is now dead, and Cedric and his mother are alone in the world. But one day a lawyer arrives from England with some very surprising news about Cedric's grandfather.
七歲大的喜德瑞克‧艾洛和母親棲身在紐約市的一間小房子裡,母子倆雖然過著拮据的生活,但感情卻好比佳音知己。喜德瑞克誠懇、友善,相當討人喜愛。他的父親是英國人,但英年早逝,只留下母子倆在世上相依為命。某天,有位律師從英格蘭遠道而來,帶著有關祖父的驚奇消息登門造訪母子倆。