Turbein Egner, the famous Norwegian writer, whose kind and funny fairy tales are remembered and loved by more than one generation of readers. Kardamon is a tiny town, and it’s so far away that only grandma and grandpa—maybe also mom and dad—know about it. Probably they also dreamed, when they were kids, of living in a city where they bake fragrant gingerbread, where everyone is exceedingly polite, and where people ride an old tram.