Ever_ (y year`=, th@-?e elves come from his .mag-,ical wo
%rl:#d to b`ring humans a )new; spring. Tim\* ^ is + _a new one thi\s year. $
Distracted by the att.+ractive_! ) :?sound of the fair, he wanders a
wa.y  f$rom th\_e /,* ot)\\her elves, `)being %cap)?tured b y ^#for,+mer trapeze artist Samuel)\@?:, :who brings ;
@^h$im@_@:^ to Vladimir
$, ow//=n
!er of a cir?%cus who ex ,pl!o)- its him as a fairground at$-+ traction. T *eresa=_, a na ughty 6-year-ol*d gi,rl, is je+-alo):us of her [lit,tle$^
],brother, ba.+!by Jon=.) W).^hen] visitin[# g th,!e fair, she discovers ,*,
T@im while; he ?is being !exh[-@i;+/?b/ited:%. and she will b=ecome infatuated wi_) %t-;h him. Tim, at the same]%% t,*ime, will see in her an @$op+*portunity to@) escape. Hidden in Te^?),resa's `.`house=
] $#and protected b^y #^her, %
\th`_=ey live seve;#)ral adve ntur-]e*s, be)coming in
:sepa(ra/ble *`frie!nds. Over t?ime, matchi]ng with the ?= end(^ . of the spring, Tim )be
gins to t@]ra=+nsform in a ^Li.-ttle tree. He has#:=$ been a* w:.
ay from his world an^d hi-+_!s % peo
:pl+;e for t*,(
oo lon.g,]+ and on(ly by helping h^#=im to re)!turn will+$: *Tim *be sav$!ed. There i?/]s \ *no time to -* lose, but be \=`caref*%ul) Vladimi\;;r (is lur-,king.