Frikos is a modern-day Tom Thumb. Lively and imaginative, he embarks on an adventure reminiscent of the old familiar fairy tale, but it unfolds in our world, in the present. He runs away from home, dragging along his six siblings, dreams of adventures, mixes reality with fairy tales, and in the end, returns with his tail between his legs, having learned a good lesson... [Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]