 One day the great-great-granddaughter of the builder sees the house and remembers stories that her grandmother told about living in just such a house, albeit far out in the country.When the great-great-granddaughter discovers that it is the same house, she arranges to have her moved out of the city, to a hill in the country where she can once again watch the seasons pass and live happily ever after.The book was also made into a 1952 animated short by Walt Disney, directed by Wilfred Jackson and narrated by Sterling Holloway.