The priest, Don Restituto, tries to guide Celia, but when the girl starts creating more trouble than usual in her attempt to become a saint, or at least a martyr, he gives up on her and forbids her from being either.

One day, an angry Tío Rodrigo, Celia's uncle, arrives at the school and demands to be allowed to take his niece away with him to her parents who currently reside in Paris.

[citation needed] The series was a faithful adaptation of many events from the book and it often relied on very similar, if not exact, dialogue.

The same with Celia's classmates; only Elguibia, whom differenced from the others due to her slight case of mental retardation, was given a consistent name.

Then, Celia grabs the box of chocolates her father had brought for her and runs in tears to the school's vegetable gardens where she hides and cries telling Culiculá, her pet stork, about all her sorrows.

Later in the series, it is Celia's father, rather than Doña Benita, who comes to take her to a small circus visiting the town.

He leaves her again under the care of Madre Loreto, and the man is startled and disappointed that Celia would walk away so happily without even saying goodbye.

Her father tells her that it cannot be, and the girl answers by saying that she will become a performer and travel to China, where she is convinced her parents are going, and the two part feeling very sad.

Celia pulls out her book and begins writing a story about how she ran away with the gypsies hoping to find her parents on their way to China.

Being answered in the affirmative, Celia replies, "Es que tengo que encontrar a mis papás", ("It's just that I have to find my parents"), where the series ends, left incomplete.

Recurring tracks from the series' original soundtrack were also added to emphasize the dramatic seriousness of Celia's situation.