Sometimes you have to help yourself! When you are an orphan and also a boy with smooth hair that no one wants, you might as well be dead, thinks Rasmus. But then he has an idea: he could run away from the orphanage. It's not impossible that somewhere in the world there is someone who wants a boy with smooth hair. And one night, Rasmus puts his idea into action. A new edition of the award-winning classic by Lindgren.