Albert, the asparagus whose family has grown in Farmer John's garden for years, and a newcomer, Herman the cabbage, spend the days from spring until time for the fair getting to know each other.
Includes six of Hesse's poems: "Page from a Journal, " "Hours in the Garden, " "Pavilion in Winter, " "The Lame Boy, " "Sketch, " and "Creaking of a Broken Bough.".