Despite her family’s poverty, a young girl satisfies her love of music by listening to the songs of daily life through her window. Looking out into the street, the whole world seems at times like a parade. The cats, dogs, cows, and horses add their sounds to the bustling past. It all makes Eloísa want to dance, though she’s too shy to do so out in the street. Also anchoring her to the inside of the window is her mother’s illness. When the village children gather their instruments to practice right outside her window, As Eloísa and her family listened, symphony of music invigorated her mother enough that she ventured outside.

This is a story about the power of music and rhythm of life in a small rural community. It also portrays the feelings of isolation and helplessness when a loved one either does not receive or does not respond to medical care. The story is set in the past in a Cuban village and interspersed with Spanish words.