Bill lives in the country with his family. He looks up to his father and would like to make decisions with the same, apparently effortless, wisdom as he has. But when Bill is confronted and must make a decision on his own, he ends up with a black eye at the hand of a less-than-friendly neighbor. Bill is afraid he has let his father down. Should he tell his father what really happened and risk disappointment or keep silent and suffer the consequences?