Who is Muck? The small stray dog who always follows Lippel on his way to school or the dog from the king"s palace? And who are Asslam and Hamide, with whom Lippel wanders through the desert in a sandstorm? The two Turkish children in his class or the prince and princess from the Orient? The adventure Lippel dreams is an exciting one and he is right there in the thick of it. Or isn"t it a dream, after all?