High up on the mountainside, the Great Stone Face looks down at the people who live in the valley. Some day, the story runs, a great man will come to the valley, and his face will look just like the Great Stone Face. When will this man come, and who will it be? Will it be the great soldier, the statesman, the man of commerce, or one of the other visitors to the valley? One person who wants to know the answer is Ernest, who has lived in the valley all his life. Year by year, Ernest has come to know the Great Stone Face as a friend. Now he is waiting for the end of the story. When that end comes, it is the one he least expects.