That morning, Moko tells himself that it is time to leave Mei-Li’s land and he gets his raft ready. A man tells him that he must take the route of the great plains to continue his journey. Moko goes to the village to bid farewell to Mei-Li who has made rice cakes for him. One morning a few days after his departure he reaches the famous route where the horizon seems never-ending. As he walks a great gust of wind makes him fall and drop his precious stone. Seeing it on the ground, Moko thinks of Mei-Li and tells himself he must go on for those he has left behind. He goes on while clutching his stone in his hand. Moko’s heart lightens as he thinks that one day his travels will bring him back to those he loves.

Dawn is breaking in the village, Moko and Mei-Li are sound asleep. A rumbling sound suddenly wakes them. They decide to go see what is going on and hide behind a rock to observe. The come across a fisherman who doesn’t seem to be afraid as he embarks for his day of fishing. Mei-Li is so afraid she is shaking and Moko asks her to sing, thinking that might stop the earth’s tremors. As she sings, the ground slowly stops shaking. Moko and Mei-Li head back to the village thinking that the ground must sleep so soundly that every so often it is woken up by the song of people wandering along its back.

Moko and Mei-Li are gathering seashells in between the rocks on the white sand beach to decorate the village’s houses. Moko asks Mei-Li if they can go to other beaches to try to find other shells. Mei-Li likes the idea and goes to ask a fisherman to take them to another beach on his boat. Just beyond the village Moko sees a vast plain that has been flooded with water. He thinks this must have been the great wave, flooding the field with water so that the rice would grow. This is when Mei-Li picks up a magnificent seashell and Moko believes that it must surely be a gift from the ocean. Moko and Mei-Li make their way back home, carrying their gift and happy to have seen wonderful new places. They are certain that the ocean must know an underground passage in which it sends waves every now and then to feed the rivers and the fields.

Intrigued by the name given to the mountains in the horizon, “the Hills of the round Earth”, Moko ventures off to see if the Earth is, in fact, round. An old wise man tells him that yes, if he were to walk in a straight line he could very well go all the way around the earth and come back to his starting point. Moko does as he is told and travels all the way around the Earth and returns back to his village, but since he didn’t have the feeling that he was walking around a sphere, he continues thinking that the Earth is flat.

Night falls and Moko, having followed the footprints in the snow, reaches the seemingly uninhabited village. He notices a young boy by a shrub who is cutting firewood. He introduces himself as Alarick and invites Moko into his home. Along the way, they hear a great rumbling sound that startles them, like the breath of a monster. Moko wants to go to the source of the noise, thinking it is the reason for the villagers’ hiding. Alarick then leads him to the back of the village where he shows him a geyser and a pool of hot water. Moko thinks that Alarick must know a great deal of secrets about this new land and decides to stay a while, the end of the world can wait for now.

Moko wonders why the clouds all come and cry on his village at once. Why are they so sad? He asks the old wise man who suggests that he wait until the end of the rainy season to understand. Once the rains have stopped, Moko returns to see the old man. He tells Moko that the answer is in the fields. Moko sees then that the rains have made the crops grow and thinks that the clouds are not crying when it rains, they are offering all of their water to the earth to make it fertile.

Moko and Aldarick are heading back towards the village, their boat filled with fish. They moor their boat and start walking in the direction of the village. As they round the mountain they finally see the rooftops of the approaching village. Moko yells out in joy. Suddenly, a cloud of snow appears to be tumbling down the mountain like a galloping horse. Alarick and Moko take shelter under a large boulder. As the avalanche hits with all of its fury, Alarick pleads with the mountain to forgive Moko for his outburst... and it is once again calm. Moko promises to be quiet from now on and thanks his friend for reasoning with the mountain.

On that night the tide was low and the boat had been beached. Moko and Alarick were playing percussion and flute to pass the time. Suddenly, it was as if their music was being accompanied by a strange singing. They decided to investigate the source of this strange new sound. Walking along a hilly path in the forest, they were surrounded by hundreds of tall rocks that stood like humans in the dusk. A gust of wind blew and they could once again hear the bizarre song. Frightened at first, Moko and Alarick decided that the rocks were singing as a choir and the joined them with their instruments. When the wind fell, they regained their boat, happy to have participated in the symphony of the singing stones... who were probably lonely and wanted to attract visitors.

Moko is enjoying spending time in Alarick’s country. The warm weather has returned, the trees have flowered and food is plentiful. Moko thinks that now the cold has passed and that from now on life here will be easy. He had thought about leaving and continuing his quest for the end of the world but decided to stay a while longer. An old man tells him that the cold will return, but Moko doesn’t want to believe him and lets time pass. He sees the beauty of the changing seasons and one morning... winter! Alarick knows Moko will be on his way and gives him his flute so he will never be alone.

Alarick’s country is very strange. It has been many days now that night has not falen, and no one seems to be worried. Moko decides to head towards the horizon to see what is keeping the sun from setting and Alarick goes with him. Along the way, Moko tries to lull the sun to sleep with a lullaby from his country. The sun looks like it will set, but stops short and rises again. Perhaps the ocean is frozen at the horizon and is keeping the sun from setting. He decides to ask the fishermen and one of them responds that the world is filled with such mysteries and that it is more precious for him to learn the secrets of his friend than that of the sun.

Moko believes that there is a creature somewhere whose breath is so strong that it makes the branches of the trees move and the sand dunes shift. He thinks that the clouds run away from the wind out of fear of the creature. He goes off to find this creature. Exhausted by the sun and the heat, it is a soft breeze that eases his rest. He then decides that the creature must in fact be a benevolent one.

That morning, Totémi took Moko to pick mushrooms used by the inhabitants of her village for medicinal purposes. She hoped to find a very rare variety. They returned to the meteorite, which was already covered with fresh, fragrant moss. Fascinated by this rock that had fallen from the sky, Moko approached the crater... and slipped into a crevice. Totémi, panicked, joins him. They discover a huge cave, filled with wonders, lakes and colours. They follow the stream that flows into a river. An old man is waiting for them there and gives them the rare mushroom they came to find! Before returning to the village, he makes them promise to keep this place a secret and to preserve its beauty in their memories...

This book is available in english : The mystery of the giant caves

With a storm approaching, Moko heads towards a nearby tree to seek shelter. An old man urges him to reconsider and tells him to return to the village, the tree could suddenly burst into flame. On his way back to the village, Moko sees a lightning bolt hit the very same tree, and set it on fire. Frightened, Moko thinks that the old man must be a magician to have predicted such a thing.

Moko and Totémi take a boat and cross the large lake. On the other side, the landscape is different. Crops and plains stretch as far as the eye can see. Suddenly, they see what looks like a strange column writhing on the horizon. The wind grows stronger and stronger, sweeping everything away in its path. The column approaches. Moko and Totémi cling to a tree and tie themselves to it. The cyclone passes over them. They see the inside of the column of wind! The sight is incredible... once it has passed, they are safe and sound. Moko thinks that if we know how to accept the force of nature, it will reveal its secrets and privileges to us...

This book is available in English: The wind's eyes

On that morning, Moko goes to see he friend the village wise man. The old man has such a beautiful garden filled with so many beautiful flowers that Moko spends the whole day admiring them. The old man gives him a rose, and tells him to take very good care of it. When Moko returns home, he notices that his rose is wilting. He thinks of bringing it to a river, but the rose dries out completely. The old man finds Moko crying, saddened by the loss of his beautiful flower. As the wind gusts around them, the old man tells him to look down at his precious rose. Moko is amazed to discover that his withered rose has become a sand rose. The wise man tells him to guard this secret as if it was a treasure. Moko thinks then that he must also have meant a great deal to the rose, and that the wind consoled his sadness.

The stars twinkle and Moko thinks of his village. Totémi suggests that he follow him and discover where the end of the world lies. They set off at dawn... On the way, the desert appears and soon curious mountains rise up before them... then a narrow, deep valley, stretching as far as the eye can see. A man tells them that only pure and courageous hearts can reach the end. They set off, full of confidence... Moko plays his flute and the echo of the mountains guides him...

This book is available in English: The strange mountains

During the dry season, the river’s water dries up and what is left turns to mud, making it impossible to swim or to drink. Moko wonders how to find water. An old man carrying a stick tells him he should dig behind some rocks, and there he finds water sprouting from the ground. A hidden spring! Moko is so happy at this discovery, he tells himself that water is so precious that it hides itself in the ground to make sure that there is always some left, even when the river is dry.

On that morning, Moko was helping his friend along with the other villagers to cut firewood to heat their homes. Snow begins to fall and Alarick tells Moko that it would be best if they went back inside. But Moko wants to learn the secret of the snow. He heads toward the mountain. At the summit, he sees large trees bending in the wind and clouds of snow swirling around in the sky. As he makes his way back down to the village, the storm blocks his way and he can go no further. Moko begs with the mountain to let him through, promising to tell no one the mountain’s secret. The storm calms and Moko returns to the village. When Alarick asks him what he has learned, Moko tells him that the mountain’s secret is not one that can be revealed.

On that morning, Moko decides it is time to leave this place and continue on his quest for the end of the world. Alarick offers him his boat and Moko takes off. Night falls and daylight seems to never return. As he advances on the waves of the dark ocean, his boat gets stuck in the ice. Moko thinks that this country is refusing to let him leave. He pleads for daylight to return and for the ice to melt by playing the flute Alarick gave him. The ice melts, his boat is freed and he carries on his voyage as the sun rises ahead of him. Moko discovers a new land in the horizon.

On this morning, Moko is rowing relentlessly to bring back the barge as Mei-Li sleeps. Suddenly, he can’t seem to make the oar move at all. He wakes Mei-Li so she can help him row, but it is no use, the barge starts moving in the opposite direction. In the distance they notice a fisherman and try to call out to him, but he is too far and cannot hear them. Beyond a huge boulder they see a forest and start rowing furiously in its direction. Finally ashore, Moko and Mei-Li think that the sea still had another secret in store for them, this new part of Mei-Li’s island.

Moko is woken by the sound of singing coming from the other end of the beach. It is Mei-Li, who wears a hat the shape of a sand dune and whose eyes are the shape of a moon crescent. As they are walking towards Mei-Li’s village, they feel a terrible rumble and see black smoke coming from the mountain. Moko thinks this is his fault, that he has trespassed in the forbidden forest, and wants to apologize. They arrive at the edge of an enormous chasm, a veritable fire pit. To calm the mountain, Moko offers it a beautiful seashell, as Mei-Li’s ancestors did. The mountain’s rumbling stops and Moko is proud to have learned it’s language.

After a long journey, Moko arrives in Amazonia. He thinks that all of the people from this country must be giants because the trees in the forest he comes across are enormous. He climbs the tallest tree he can find and looks out towards the landscape and sees that the trees stretch out as far as the eye can see. Moko wonders if this is what the end of the world looks like. He feels quite alone and makes a wish to the stars to put a new friend on his path.

Moko is a young adventurer with boundless curiosity and imagination. His great challenge: to discover the end of the world! Will Moko be able to save his friend Totémie from this impressive waterfall?

This book is also available in English: The curtain of foam 

The storm has passed and Moko’s raft is approaching a new shore. He has never seen this white sand beach and wonders where he might be. Moko wanders off to find inhabitants of this new place. Along his route he passes plants with enormous leaves and at the other end of his path, the beach once again! How is this possible? What is the secret of this strange country? Night falls and Moko falls asleep convinced that he is the first traveller to discover the ocean’s secret island.

Moko wonders why it is that the moon changes shape so often. Seeing that it rises sometime like the sun in the distance, he decides to get closer to see if he can get some answers. Better yet, he could even ask the moon directly. During his long walk, he sees the moon change shape over and over. Sometimes a sliver, like a smile, sometimes a circle of white light, sometimes yellow. He sees the moon travel across the sky without ever looking like it is moving. No matter how far he walks, he realizes that he is getting no closer to the moon. He decides that this whole dance is a performance and that the moon just likes to be watched.