Billy Brite is a young boy with a high IQ, which has caused him to be ostracised by family and peers. It is his story of his escape from reality, into a world of imagination and solitude, with his two dogs, Ben and Scruffy, and his parrot, Anthony, as his constant companions. He lives on a farm in Southern Africa with his parents, teenage sister, and grandmother. He has an obsession with the wild life on the farm and he is convinced they have an unspoken language. It is his passion to prove his theory, and to gain credibility with all those who shun and mock him. It is this very obsession...