12 year old Julia stuffs her boots full of crisp bread and runs out into the woods. Why? An old Swedish folklore about the badger biting people and not letting go of their legs until it hears the crack of the bones. Meanwhile her dad has gone to Colombia to look for love, but is he ever coming back? The peculiar grandfather, Inge, obsessed with pickles and crisp bread tries to comfort his grand kid the best he can. Thrown into this mix is the adopted zoo keeper Lasse who gets abducted by a mysterious man who later joins the family during the celebration of the Midsummer's eve.