When Pettranella leaves for America with her parents, her grandmother gives her a bag of flower seeds from her garden to plant when she reaches her new home.
Simon, who wants to catch a salmon, finally realizes his wish when he discovers a silver salmon trapped in a clam hole, but he decides the fish is too beautiful to die and finds a way to return the creature to the sea.
Molly, a Newfoundland dog purchased by the lighthouse captain's wife, causes so much trouble that she is on the verge of being sent back to the mainland, but she proves her worth when she makes a heroic rescue during a storm.