Target audience: Children aged 3 and up. One day, the animals in the Red Meadow Forest are having a conversation and wonder what is the most important thing. The rabbit values long ears, the hedgehog explains the advantages of spines, the giraffe emphasizes its long neck, the elephant focuses on its long trunk, and so on. But what would the animals look like if each one combined all these traits? The wise owl convinces its animal friends that everyone has individual strengths and cannot all be the same. The most important thing tells a wonderful modern fable about the uniqueness of each individual. The bilingual story, presented in both German and Russian, is suitable for children aged three and up. On each page, an animal introduces its special feature, which it considers the most important trait. The next page—a flap page—then reveals the forest inhabitants.