Written by Jung Eun Joo and Illustrated by Hae Rang


The award winner of the 2nd Sakyejul Children’s Literature Award


This story begins with the death of a child, but it is neither dark nor heavy. That is because the children leading the whole story do not just stay in sorrow. The way they chose to say good-bye to their friend is to get together to find a way to ‘say proper good-bye’. They do not just bury their sadness in themselves, but they cry out loud and decide to go forward.
The process of mourning and unity of the children, who used to have to follow the adults even whether they could participate in the funeral, is quite serious and warm. Even if it looks awkward and strange, it still means something. The children think that they can remember their friend at the end of mourning period.
The whole process how they grow up makes readers touched more deeply than some other sad tears.