The document discusses how Mamzelle Aurelie, an old lonely woman, comes to care for her neighbor's four children for two weeks when the mother falls ill. Initially struggling to manage the children, Mamzelle Aurelie begins to realize the importance of human connection and develops affection for the children. By the end of the two weeks, Mamzelle Aurelie regrets that she never had children of her own and realizes she wasted her life living alone on her farm.