A newly discovered children's story by the great storyteller Siegfried Lenz. Marvella loves to eat tender grass, drink cool water from her stream, and rest in the shade of the elm tree that stands in the large meadow that belongs solely to her. She is a happy, good-natured Swiss cow and the only cow that is friends with a freight train, perhaps even a little in love with it. Every morning and every evening, it passes by her meadow, and Marvella cheerfully responds with a moo to the whistle that announces the green-silver locomotive. But after a stormy night, she waits in vain. Driven by longing, Marvella gathers all her courage and sets out in search of her train. And she arrives just in time to prevent a great disaster.