The war has ended. The snow has melted. Birds sing. Build nests as if nothing has happened. Anna’s father is not home yet. Everyday she waits by the bridge, but her father is never amongst the men who are returning. “To find him, you have to look further than what your nose is long”, says her friend, Theofilius the Snow Owl. Anna has a very small nose, therefore it is not difficult for her to look far, she thinks.
Then one day, her father returns. His eyes are empty. He doesn’t know who he is anymore. “There is a remedy”, says Theofilius, “hidden in three plants”. Anna, armoured with a map and 3 riddles, starts her journey.

Herman van Veen