"In a house behind the forest, an old woman lived, / The house was small and the old woman was small. / There are dishes on the shelf, a path by the stove, - / Not a house, but a dream! Only a little cramped." What if the house is cramped? The old philosopher knows the right remedy: “Take a chicken into the house. Just don’t ask questions!” And after the laying hen - a flea-ridden goat, a gluttonous pig and a cow... And only when you drive them back to the yard, you will understand that in fact the house is not small, but large. This is the very first book by the writer Julia Donaldson and the artist Axel Scheffler - authors of the world bestsellers "The Gruffalo" and "The Gruffalo's Daughter" and winners of many literary awards.