A terrible storm has uprooted the huge solitary ginkgo biloba in the botanical garden near the Green Valley Zoo. Among many others, Little Leaf hopes to find her original roots in order to complete the cycle of life.
To succeed, she must find the Golden Forest that’s far, far away. But it must be done quickly as winter is on its way!
Hip Hop, the little flea, volunteers to join her for this mission full of adventures.
Lovingly told by Isabelle Müller and beautifully illustrated by Daniel Gaucher, this book is recommended for all those who believe in true friendship.
Hip Hop then discovered a beautiful golden leaf hidden under a branch. “What happened, Little Leaf ?”, he asked.
“I fell down”, the leaf answered.“But all leaves have to fall down eventually”, Hip Hop replied, not understanding the problem. He put down his broom. “I know”, she said. “You see, once we fall down to the ground, the rain helps us to find our roots and thus continue the cycle of life.
Today my tree fell over and I will never come back on a branch again. I’m going to die and end up on a pile of manure…”, she concluded, crying once again.
“I don’t eat your kind of leaves anyway”, Piet said, comforting her.
“I don’t see any similar trees around”, Vera added, stretching her neck as far as she could. “And a tree of this size… no, there’s nothing”, Liselotte continued, adjusting her monocle to look more superior. “We would have to find its native land, quite simply!” “I’d love to, but I can’t remember the way”, the leaf replied. “I was too small when the humans gathered my tree.”
“So what are we going to do?”, Hip Hop asked, rolling his big questioning eyes. “We can’t let her die this way!”, he cried out. “Ginkgo… Ginkgo biloba…”, Liselotte reflected. “Yes, that’s it! I often heard the humans talking about a Golden Forest. And I even think I might know where it is!”
