Spyri, Johanna

Moni the Goat-Boy

Moni spends his days tending goats above Fideris, singing along the mountain paths and living happily with his grandmother. But when Paula loses her diamond cross and Moni finds it, he keeps silent for a time, and the secret weighs on his heart. When he finally confesses and returns the cross, his joy comes back too. In the end, Moni is rewarded with the little kid Mäggerli and a renewed sense that honesty brings peace.