At that time, children without rulers and without guides, from all the cities and villages of all the regions, ran towards overseas places with insatiable steps.

There were white voices calling them in the night. They called all the little children. It was like the voices of the birds that had died during the winter.

And when the world asked where they were running, they answered: 'Towards Jerusalem, to seek the Holy Places. . .' Until they reached there, what would happen was unknown.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]