When old Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla ask the local orphanage for a boy to help out on their farm, Green Gables, 11-year-old Anne arrives by mistake. Fiery and outspoken, Anne soon upsets everyone at Green Gables and in the local village. But as time passes, Anne learns to control her temper and the Cuthberts come to realise that beneath her bluntness there lies a kind heart.