The Giraffe in the Window

Thieves Švarc and Čihák are interrupted in their robbery of a jeweller's store. In order to disappear as quickly as possible, they jump into the nearest car and leave, finding on the way that a little boy named Jirka, son of the car's owner, is with them. They take him to a cottage where Čihák's eighteen-year old daughter Milena attends to him. Jirka first treats Milena with hostility, but as days pass, the "prisoner" and the "guard" become close. Milena cooks for the boy and takes care of him, but nothing can intimidate the dauntless Jirka and he seeks for the first opportunity to escape. He draws a picture of a tree he can see from the window of the cottage and slips it under the wing of Švarc's motorcycle. The drawing falls out in the forest and is found by a gamekeeper, who hands it over to the local police station. (NFA)