Henrik Gram Fredriksen, 13 years old, is a boy with a well developed fantasy. He moves to a new place and falls in love with the one year older Anne – but she is in love with Halvdan. Henriks dream is to become a really good runner, at least better than Halvdan. When he is not practising or thinking about Anne, he is secretly playing Indian in the woods together with Mons and a old senile lady.