Taubenjule

Elevenyearold Jella lives with her mother in a rural idyll in which both feel at home and comfortable Then however they move to the city where her father works On parting her friend Freitag presents Jella with a pair of pigeons Although Jella is looking forward to life in the city she is unable to accustom herself to her new surroundings She is being picked on by the other children and a neighbors son even releases her pigeons They fly back to Freitag who returns them to Jella When Jella visits the village one day she is disappointed to learn that she has become a stranger there as well