A story from childhood days, but not a children's story: The extremelymysterious walks of Mr. Sommer astonish and amaze the small boy, not evenan adult is able to explain or understand Mr. Sommer's behaving. Only atthe end of the book; the litte boy doesn´t climb trees anymore, doesn'tconsider the bicycle to be an enemy, has no more fights with his pianoteacher; he is by chance the only person who takes part in Mr. Sommer'sfinal secret. Sempé, a friend of Patrick Süskind's, took paint and brushand illustrated Die Geschichte von Herrn Sommer with lovely pictures.