A plane crash forces the narrator of the story, who is also the author's alter ego, to land in the middle of the desert. He has barely a week's supply of drinking water, so he needs to fix the engine as quickly as possible. On the first day, he lies down tired after a full day's work and at dawn, still a thousand kilometers from the nearest human habitation, he is awakened by a strange voice that asks him to draw a lamb... An allegorical fairy tale for children and adults who think about lost youth and search for life wisdom, is among the most important works of its kind.

It has been translated into two hundred and fifty languages ​​and has sold more than one hundred and forty million copies to date.