A small story from Indiaabout a hard father,a boy, and an elephant.But do stone hearts break as well?In a quiet village of India, Bijou lives with his sister and their mother, under the heavy shadow of a father whose love seems to have turned to stone. Only the elephant Kumar brings joy-until the day he does not return.When Bijou finds a pebble shaped like a heart by the river, a silent transformation begins. What appears to be just a stone becomes something more: a symbol, a gesture, a spark.A story about silence and sorrow, about unexpected tenderness, and about those moments when something breaks inside us-and light finds its way through.A poetic, symbolic fairy tale for adults who still believe in the healing power of stories. Dimitra Bitsiani - Author BiographyDimitra Bitsiani is an author from Athens, Greece. After a 23-year career in sports administration, she trained in holistic healing as a certified Sound Therapist (Peter Hess Academy) and Reiki Healer.Since 2016, she has been writing and publishing books in Greek, exploring the inner world through fairy tales, poetry, and fiction.Her published works include:Children's LiteratureMarouel (2016)Marouel and Narou (2018)The Snailhouse (2025, picture book)Fairy Tales & FictionThe Elf Who Loved Words (2020, e-book)Stone Hearts (2022, fairy tale for adults)Urania, The Talking Tree (2021, novel)Poetry CollectionsThe Dreamer (2017)Forgotten Wings (2019)Cosmos (2020)Erato (2022)

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