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An old Dutch painting disappears from the abbey of Umbria. Four centuries ago, the painter Dirk van Nister received a substantial inheritance that allowed him to travel across the globe, until he met a mysterious character who commissioned a portrait from him.

Alina decided to plant a tree. A branch grew from the tree. A pair of birds flying nearby decided the tree would make a good site for their nest. Then there were: one branch, two birds and an egg. Another branch grew out from the tree... and a family of rabbits who were passing by decided that it would be a good place to dig their warren.

Who hasn't had the opportunity (or perhaps its more of a punishment) to organise a big family celebration? Due to a peculiar family tradition, Lucia, our heroine, is left with no choice but to organise the baptism of her son Argimiro on the idyllic island of El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands.

AS we grow up we often repeat, as a kind of consolation, I suppose, that saying that we all have a child inside us. A child that was eaten up by this big and bitter body that the mirror now shows us each time we cautiously consult it: "mirror, mirror, on the wall...". But we are well aware that it's much better to be that child on the outside than to carry it within us; that is, to be the child.