"Can we keep him?" young Nello asks. Just like that, the curly-haired black dog Nello finds lying battered and abandoned in a ditch becomes part of the boy's life. Nello doesn't know yet, but the dog will soon become more than a pet. He'll be his best friend in the whole world...
A poor little Dutch boy and his grandfather nurse a dog back to health. Based on the 1872 novel by Ouida.