Abschied von der kleinen Raupe

A lovingly and poetically told and illustrated story about togetherness and separation, about joy and sorrow, depicting death as a beginning, as the start of another life.

Once upon a time, on a meadow by the edge of the forest, there lived two friends named Schmatz and Schmierle. Schmatz was a caterpillar and lived in a beautiful flower. Schmierle was a snail, and he carried his house on his back. Every morning, Schmierle would impatiently shake Schmatz's sleeping flower and call out, "Wake up already, you sleepyhead! The sun is already in the sky. Have you at least thought about what we could do today?" And since Schmatz usually had an answer to this question, they had a lot of fun together. Until one day, Schmierle shook the flower in vain and Schmatz was gone...