Deep in the Bamboo Forest, where dewdrops smell like morning happiness and fireflies write secret letters on leaves, lives a little panda named Polina. She has a special gift: a tiny warm bell inside her heart that rings whenever someone nearby is hurting.

One morning, the whole forest begins to cry — not with rain, but with hearts. Ten little animals have forgotten how to love their mothers. There is Lenya the fox cub, who screams at his mama from behind a glowing screen. Zoya the hare, who hates her mother’s soup. Borya the squirrel, who guards every single nut. Yegor the hedgehog, who hides inside a ball of silence. Volt the wolf cub, who roars at his tired father. Yasha the raccoon, who builds castles of lies. Syoma the owlet, who turns night into a battlefield. Misha the bear cub, whose words leave scratches. Lars the moose calf, who is ashamed of his own mother. And Borya the badger cub, who tries to buy love with blackmail.

One by one, Panda Polina visits each of them. She does not scold. She does not punish. She simply helps them see what they have forgotten: that a mother’s love is always there — even when you shout, even when you lie, even when you turn away.

This is a gentle, magical story about rudeness that is really a cry for help, about silences that hurt more than words, and about the ten small miracles that happen when children learn to say: “Forgive me. I just didn’t know how to say it differently.”

An illustrated fairy tale for children and parents to read together, side by side.