Masina and Purna playing 'jackstones'r washes the dishes in the courtyard of their home.She scours pots with mud, as water is precious and must be hauled up the steep mountainside.The strips of bamboo beside her are used for making matting to sit on.

Masina is a little Nepalese boy of the Gurung tribe,who lives in the village of Ghachok up in West Nepal's Himalayan range,whose ambition is to be a Gurkha soldier and not a farmer like his father. To be a Gurkha he must be educated and go to school.It shows how he learns through having to make a long and difficult journey to reach Pokhara, to discover himself,his world, and his future.