The play presents a kaleidoscopic view of childhood seen through the eyes of children. There are eight stories in which children and adults stand face to face, back to back, in situations that are sometimes playful, sometimes dramatic, and constantly oscillating between dream and reality, between poetry and theatre.

« [THE STORYTELLER] : You shouldn't have eaten it. | You always say we should have respect for small animals | that there's a place on earth for everyone and everything | and that even mosquitoes have a purpose | and then you go and eat a raw caterpillar! Sally chokes back a sob. | A caterpillar… Dad croaks | choking | I ate a caterpillar… | it will never go down. »

« Tales of real children forms a happy marriage between the banalities of every day life and the freedom of the imagination, biting into those beings too lively to be perfect. Lebeau creates little bubbles of freedom into which well behaved children, prodigies and overprotected babies can escape. Even her writing seems to break free from all contraints. » Marie Labrecque, Voir, November 18, 1993.&r « Suzanne Lebeau's writing rejuvenates the ear, bubbling with rhymes, alliteration, melody and rhythm as tight as the finest musical score. » Patricia Belzil, Cahier de théâtre Jeu no 69, Avril 1994.