Paola during breakfast at the scout camp in Sori; on the side of the table Eletta with the Guide-scout uniform, and Chiara, grown up, handing out food. The scout movement was banned by Fascism, surviving in secrecy and giving life to some partisan group. In the postwar, Eletta gets close to Scouting through her children Franco and Chiara, and she is so enthusiast that she joins it herself as Guide and Supervisor.