The wild goat "," The pear tree of the aunt Misery "," The soup of stone ","Why is the water of the sea salty? "," Mary Ashes"o" The story of the cat " (Albanian and Algerian versions of "Cinderella" and " cat with boots ", respectively) are some of 60 stories that compose this anthology, a selection of the immense oral patrimony of the countries around the “Mare Nostrum”. are stories listened after the dinner, in the parties of the long nights of winter, in the agitation of the markets, in the family celebrations or in the kitchens while the food is being prepared... these stories come form there, stories which smell and sound to sea, to that sea that joins and separates us: the .