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Long, long ago a small gnome came walking into the Eulenwald — and looked, quietly and practically, for the one place that would hold him.

The forest is cool and dark and known. The meadow beyond it is bright, loud and entirely new — and something out there is calling for help.

In autumn the Kiepe grows heavy: nuts, seeds, a lost button, one red leaf too beautiful to leave. But a full basket is only the middle of the story.

The longest night of the year is long even for a gnome. Rotmütz trims his lantern, sets out one more bowl than he needs, and listens to the snow.

Spring, summer, autumn and the long winter night: the four Rotmütz books gathered as one edition, for reading the whole year aloud.