The Giraffe in the Window

Thieves Svarc and Cihák are interrupted in their robbery of a jewelers 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 cars owner is with them They take him to a cottage where Ciháks eighteenyear 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