The happiness of the earth ... "Would you like to ride a horse too?" asks Nina at the riding camp. "Yes, that one!" replies Jonas, pointing to the piebald horse standing alone in the pasture. "Skjöldur? But you can't ride him!" However, this doesn't bother Jonas. He feels drawn to the willful horse from Iceland, which seems to share his own feelings: both suffer terribly from homesickness. With a lot of patience, the boy approaches the animal and eventually manages to win its trust. This also impresses the parents. After some time, Jonas is allowed to take the horse to his own farm. Only then, in the alpine pastures, does Skjöldur seem to be happy. And so is Jonas.