The forgotten door

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The forgotten door is a children's book by Paul Maar from 1982.

people

  • Willi Gutbrod: Father, 36 years
  • Karin Gutbrod: Mother, 34 years
  • Steffi Gutbrod, daughter, 10 years
  • Markus Gutbrod, son, 6 years

action

At lunch, Markus drops an old key in the spinach bowl. On closer inspection, his father notices that he looks exactly like the key he lost as a child and which he used to unlock a door in the attic. But they can't find the door anymore.

Two days later, Markus finds the door again. The key fits, and you see yourself on the second floor in front of a lush meadow that is lit by the sun while it has been raining outside for days.

Frau Gutbrod doesn't want to explore the meadow because she wants to take a break from her job as a postman. So father, son and daughter go out together. The door slams shut behind them and they can barely see them in the blue sky. So that they can find the exit again, they pile up grass and set off.

The next surprise is that Mr. Gutbrod shrinks and becomes a boy again. On their exploration, they see a kangaroo with a nodding cockatoo in its pouch. It is an exchange student who does not like life with the kangaroo family.

The next thing they find out is that the moss-covered mound of earth with a tree on which they were standing was a huge stag that is now rising and carrying Willi and Steffi Gutbrod with it. In search of them, Markus comes across a gingerbread house and a reindeer. He finally got some information, but it was manned by a sullen information officer who didn't help him any further. He finally finds his family sitting on a beech tree that they have climbed from the deer's antlers.

Now they want to go back quickly, Willi Gutbrod is growing as big as an adult again, but a flock of sheep has eaten away the pile of grass with which they marked the exit. Desperately looking for the door, it suddenly opens and Frau Gutbrod calls them to dinner.

Adaptations

The forgotten door was adapted as a puppet show in 1985 by the Augsburger Puppenkiste .

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