Bobo never attended school and spent his teen years working as anscarecrow, but, when old Plinia taught him about numbers and toldnhim to go to the city of Vallande, his life changed. He didn’t leave hisnlittle town until Plinia died, but then he decided to obey.
On the way to Vallande, Bobo meets young orphan Selva, who decidesnto adopt him as her dad and changes his name to Babbo (“daddy”nin Italian). Then they reach Vallande and establish themselves asna school teacher and his daughter. Nevertheless, one day Babbonfound gemstones in his beard, and one of his pupils, problematicnTaboo, decides to steal from him. Little does he know that this greednwill take him to unexpected dangers, and Babbo and Selva might benhis only salvation.