When Beni is able to go outside, the neighborhood children make fun of him, often calling him a "scaredy cat" and a "mama's boy."

One day when his uncle Thomai is visiting, he sees Beni crying after the other children took his horse.

Thomai decides to take Beni on horseback to a distant village where he teaches him about life and how to be a man.

In the village Beni learns a great deal and blossoms into a mature boy.

On the way back to the city Beni doesn't need to ride on horseback, he is able to walk all the way home on his own.