Before you is the long-awaited second book about the beloved inhabitants of the Riverside Country. The daily life of all six - the naive Prostodursen, the reliable Kovrigsen, the restless Octave, the unlucky Sdobsen, the mischievous Nosy and Duckling, who knows how to find unusual things with meaning - is leisurely and detailed. In this bewitching world, either fairy tales or parables, seasons replace each other, heroes quarrel and make peace, suffer from loneliness and enjoy the holidays, dream of an unknown foreign land and make the dream of a goldfish come true...