There are two hours left before the arrival of the new year, and everyone is trying to finish up last minute errands in the hustle and bustle of cars in the street and people carrying goldfish home for their Haft Seen Tables. Ardalan wants to get his hair cut. Atousa is ringing the doorbell at the seamstress, to pick up her new dress. The florist’s son and daughter walk down that alley to bypass the crowds and get home to their Haft Seen Table in time for the new year festivities.

Hasanzadeh was born in Abadan, one of the southern cities of Iran, in 1962. The Iran–Iraq War (1980–88) displaced him from his birthplace, which was in the warzone. He experienced a variety of jobs before becoming a writer.[2] His first book, Fox and Bee Adventure , was published in 1991 in Shiraz. He later moved to Tehran.Author Hassanzadeh, known and loved by children is a Hans Christian Andersen Award finalist as one of the five best children’s authors in the world. This suspenseful story is full of twists and turns which deal with the relationship of children with one another.