It’s Omri’s birthday, but all the gets from his best friend, Patrick, is a little plastic Indian brave. Trying to hide his disappointment, Omri puts the Indian in a metal cupboard and locks the door with a mysterious skeleton key that once belonged to his great-grandmother. Little does Omri know that by turning the key, he will transform his ordinary plastic Indian into a real, live man from an altogether different time and place! Omri and the tiny warrior called little Bear could hardly be more different, yet soon the two forge a very special friendship. Will Omri be able to keep little bear without anyone finding out and taking his precious Indian from him?