Stefan has spent all his life in an orphanage when he came to Harja aged two. He had many fears: of the bathroom, from which he fled; of any small group of men, at the sight of whom he called ‘Polizia, Polizia’; of being returned to the orphanage, so that he asked Betty to lock him in the car when she took the children to the nursery school.

But he settled very quickly, sleeping well, and , like all the children, eating well. He is very much at home now in Harja, energetic, very funny, and loving – particularly to Puiu, Betty’s husband, and to Luci, with whom he doesn’t quite know how to behave.