The Childhood of Jesus

A man and a boy crossed seas and oceans to reach a new land. Here, each of them received a name and an age—and also a place in a camp located in the desert, for a time of studying the Spanish language of their new homeland. As Simon and David, they continue their journey to the center for new immigrants in the city of Novilla, where very polite officials are in no hurry to help the newly arrived.

Simon finds work loading grain onto ships. The exhausting and unfamiliar job gradually brings him closer to the dockside loaders, who during breaks hold philosophical conversations about the dignity of labor—and he becomes part of their group.

Now Simon has another important task: he must find a new mother for the boy. Like all those who moved to another country, he tried to forget everything from the past. It seems to him that he will recognize her the moment he sees her. And indeed—while walking outside with the boy, Simon meets the gaze of a woman, and he feels certain it is the one he has been looking for.

David’s new mother understands that he is an outstanding child with a vivid imagination, full of unusual ideas about the world. But the school administration where he studies interprets his unusualness as rebellion and tries to send Simon to a special school. Now David’s parents need to protect their son.