To win a blue rose, the morning dawn tells the Lord of Time the love story of the striped cat and the swallow Sinhá: The striped cat, feared and despised throughout the park for being wicked and ugly, experiences a second spring when the young, curious swallow Sinhá befriends him despite all the warnings from the park's inhabitants. In summer, they are happy together, but summer passes quickly - just like every happy moment. This fable was written by Amado in 1948 in Paris for his son - a little story that allows for pauses, for chatting, for philosophizing. A story full of poetry that deals with prejudices and fears, but above all with a love that makes life worth living. "How beautiful this world would be if it could one day happen that a striped cat marries a swallow and both fl...