It’s sad if you don’t have a little sister or a brother and spend the whole day at home alone, with no one to talk to—not to mention play. That’s when the most unusual friends appear in your life: a tiny house spirit no taller than a finger, a small elf from an apple orchard, a wooden cuckoo from wall clocks that can sing and make you laugh, and even a talking doll that grew in the garden bed from a single seed…