For thousands of years, unbeknownst to any human, there has lived a community of creatures - never before seen. Past the marshes, through the forests, before the edge of an unscalable cliff...just "Beyond the Pond."Threatened with possible extinction, and discovery, due to the ever-dwindling rain forests and tree population, a little boy stumbles upon these oddities as he's wandered away from his family's campsite. The HERMLES are frightened at first, but soon warm to his wonderment and innocence. They 'take him in' for a day of play and enjoyment. Even within the HERMLE community, the boy experiences differences among the creatures...in colors, attitudes, and perspectives. But is amazed to find they work things out better than his own kind.
Time has passed, and the boy's father, a logger by trade, finally stumbles into the HERMLE'S mysterious world--looking for his son. What does he find? And how does it affect him, if at all? Will the HERMLES accept a more uncaring adult human? What will happen to him if they don't? And will it, ultimately, 'call him to action' relative to his career, or did he simply just want to retrieve his son and get out from "Beyond the Pond?"
