It is 1909--a year before the beginning of the Mexican Revolution--and ten-year-old Pepino is busy living his life. As he engages in several exciting adventures--such as asking Lady Marianne to be his girlfriend, fighting the gang from across the park and encountering a ghost in the old church at midnight--as well as other less exciting pursuits, such as metaphorically watching the ducks go by--Pepino finds himself at the heart of what he believes...