Two boys are accused of shoplifting. Pursued by the police, they open a strange green door set in a wall bordering a street. Instead of the wet street they have just left behind, they find themselves in a sunlit garden with a crown-shaped fountain set in the centre of a lawn. The garden is owned by Zardaka, a mysterious wizard. He says he can control time and has built himself a house which overlooks the four corners of the earth. Aided by Mista the...