Mark stays with his grandparents after his grandmother argues with his mother about how she is raising Mark. The next day Mark’s grandmother goes to bingo and his grandfather gives Mark a key to the house before going off to the pub. Mark decides he wants to go see a movie and so he goes to the cinema, but is rejected by the manager saying that he is too young for the movie he wants to see. A few other kids that are in the cinema are also kicked out with him and they blame Mark for it. They begin to chase Mark down the streets and he can’t find any place to hide from them. He decides to go to the bingo hall to seek refuge, a place where his pursuers do not follow. Inside the decrepit bingo hall, he finds a large collection of old women who seem enchanted by the young newcomer. He finally finds his grandmother who seems nervous that he is there. The caller, also the only other man there, begins calling out numbers and rhyming them with strange lines about leaving and being able to survive. Mark’s grandmother seems very intent on winning, but finally another woman gets the bingo. She says she wants her prize, but the caller says it isn’t time yet. Mark’s grandmother decides to leave and she pulls Mark out of the bingo hall while the old women all call after them. They go home and Mark’s grandmother sends him to bed early. He hears his grandfather get home and begin arguing with Mark’s grandmother about Mark being at the bingo hall. The night goes silent after a while, but then Mark begins to hear a chanting out on the street. He looks out the window and sees that the caller has been replaced with the woman who won the bingo game and is followed by all of the other players. They chant numbers and rhyming lines until they get to the door of Mark’s house. Mark hears his grandfather call from the window that the women have already been to their house before, but they respond by saying that they came long ago and are back for either Mark or the grandfather. Mark hears the front door open after a while and then listens as all the women chant and shuffle inside the house and to his bedroom door.