本片拍于六十年代，体现了当时热爱集体、勇于战胜困难的价值观。龙梅和玉荣是一对小姐妹。一天，她们为队里放羊时遇到暴风雪，羊群顶不住狂风的袭击，越跑越远。姐妹俩一面和风雪搏斗，一面收拢受惊的羊群。雪越下越大，有一只羊被雪崩埋在雪里，龙梅扒雪救羊时，玉荣和羊群已经走远。玉荣在扒雪时救羊时掉了一只毡靴，但她丝毫没有察觉，她心里只有一个念头：一定要保护好集体的财产。这对小姐妹在这个狂暴风雪夜最终命运如何？

This film was made by Shanghai Animation Film Studio and is based on contemporary events in February, 1964. It’s a retelling of how Mongolian sisters Long Mei and Yurong, ages 11 and 8 respectively, successfully walked nearly 70 kilometers after having been surprised by a blizzard while grazing their father’s sheep. Both girls survived with severe frostbite.