A young girl throws a silver coin and a honey cake into the Stream of Dreams and makes a wish to find her lost locket. Harold Archermouse, fishing under the bridge, catches the honey cake on his hook, 'A fine supper indeed.' Because he believes that one good turn deserves another, he sets off to find the girl's locket.Harold's task becomes difficult when he finds that the locket is not lost, but stolen, and he has to take the locket back from a thief who is much bigger than he is. A modern fable with traditional values. Book one of four seasonal stories. Illustrated throughout, Harold Archermouse is a tale in prose and rhyme for sharing, or for young readers.