Little Philippe lived on a farm just outside of Brussels and every day he drove his dog cart filled with vegetables into the city to sell in the market place. It was a quiet, happy life but a hum-drum one and little Philippe longed to under-take a life of travel, adventure and excitement.

Then one day he met the tall, dark man and the little girl with the frightened eyes who set up a stand next to his in the market place. They were a mysterious pair, Tom and Zelie, and they told Philippe of the happy life he could follow with them wandering about the country singing songs and playing the organ on wheels. One day they disappeared and a while later Philippe set out to find them. How he wandered about over Belgium from city to city until he found them, how Philippe learned the truth about Tom and Zelie, and how he had a thrilling adventure in the weird Cave of the Crows on the road between Namur and Dinant is all told in this book which tells you about the beautiful country of Belgium in a fascinating story.

From the dust jacket