Recommended for ages 6+. Bertil is home alone all day while his parents work at the local factory. The old lady upstairs looks out for him but is certainly no fun to play with. Bertil hates to see his parents leave each morning, knowing his day will be lonely and dull-until one day a small voice emerges from beneath the bed, and a tiny boy appears. Instant friends, Bertil and Simon Small work together to battle the evil rat threatening to evict poor Simon from his cellar home. In Swedish with English subtitles, read aloud.