How would you feel if your best friend was Minnie, a sweet little snail, or Terry, a beautiful black puppy? Could you imagine in the Paleolithic era wild jackals helping humans in their hunt? Or that thousands of years later a young soldier, Kurt, finds diamonds in a monkey fossil? And how would you feel if a charming mammoth was born today? Maybe all this seems unbelievable to you... Surely, however, the touching and original adventures that the heroes of the book experience with their animal friends will captivate you. [Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]