When we do the painting Dad goes bare-foot, too and Mum slides on her hands and
knees and if accidentally I knock over the water bucket no-one shouts ?What have
you been up to again?? but tell Candy, ?Look, at least your little brother is
trying to help!? It?s difficult to negotiate one?s way around life at the age of
eight, ten or fifteen. Éva Janikovszky always helps children find the best
solutions to difficult questions. Sometimes adults, too. Meanwhile, László Réber
holds up an amusing mirror before the reader, while at the same time hoping that
lurking behind the joke is a little truth, too.