A housekeeper tells a young boy the story of a rose garden. Long ago, it was owned by an army captain. While away at war, his son secretly picked some roses for his mother’s birthday. Seeing the damage of the rose garden, the mother was very mad and slapped him, prompting him to leave in search of his father ...
少年在墓前獻上玫瑰,乘坐馬車回到久別的家園。他向管家查問玫瑰園的情況。管家講述往事,原來此園屬於莊遜上尉的。後來,莊遜參軍,把它留給妻子。有一天,他們的孩子給母親玫瑰花當作生日禮物,卻把玫瑰園弄得一團糟。莊遜夫人不知就裡,給兒子一記耳光。孩子離家,尋找父親……