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This story about a fairy is inspired by real-life experience. Its author Mirjana Mrkela speaks about loneliness and feelings of rejection, common in the lives of people who seem different from the majority. As a person who lost her sight in adulthood, the author easily sympathizes with people who are rejected or marginalized in our society for whatever reason. She tells her story as a fairy tale, drawing on certain elements from Slavic mythology. Her heroine, a fairy who, having stepped into the realm of some kind of evil old magic, becomes a goat, retreats from people who do not accept her. She hides in a mountain world of plants and animals and grieves there. But the moon and the sun are there for her, as well as for all other beings. The moon encourages her with its shine, and the sun makes her strong and calm. The pale fairy represents all those who long for understanding and acceptance. The author created the picture book in close collaboration with Katarina Radošević Galić, a Croatian illustrator and scenographer.