On a warm spring morning, the hare discovers the hedgehog. He has never seen anything so prickly before. He likes the hedgehog, and the hedgehog likes the soft fur of the hare. From then on, the two meet every morning in the clearing by the stream, playing tag and hide-and-seek, and they decide: "We want to be friends for life!" But one day, the hedgehog suddenly disappears... A touching story of friendship through the changing seasons, now also available as a board book.