Among the 35 Armenian stories gathered in this collection, you can find simple children's stories, "classic" stories about emperors, princesses and dragons, and those that were created on the basis of even older legends or Christian traditions.
This is a story about a little girl and her growing up, and about love, friendship, renunciation and loyalty of a garden gnome, of which there are quite a few in the city.
The book follows the adventure of two children who find themselves in a shipwreck. Their struggle for survival, mutual support and coping in an unfamiliar environment form the core of this story.
The story was originally published in the collection of Croatian folk stories from Vojvodina "To the sky", which was collected and edited by Balint Vujkov, under the title Wise Shepherd, and narrated by Miško Zelić Kaćmar.