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A farmer tries to change the behavior of his rowdy horses who play all night and sleep all day.

In his apple orchard, a farmer meets a little man named Take and follows his advice, which does not turn out well, and the next day meets a little man named Give, whose advice is just as bad.

After an autumn storm fells the Old Pine Tree, Farmer John, helped by his friends and observed by the farm animals, uses the wood to build a special Christmas present.

"Farmer Brown does not like Halloween, but the animals hold a Halloween party in his barn." --

1968, rural Australia. Newly arrived from Hungary, Hannah Babel is passionate, brilliant, and fiercely determined to open sleepy Hometown's first bookshop. Tom Hope has only ever read one book in his life when Hannah hires him to install shelving for the shop, but the two discover an astonishing spark. Recently abandoned by an unfaithful wife, Tom dares to believe that he might make Hannah happy. But Hannah is haunted by memories: twenty-four years...