Alex and Tampi are two giant heart-shaped creatures with soft red fur that live in their own land called Småland. It is a magical forest so well hidden that no one can find it unless they have been invited by Alex and Tampi. The forest is filled with giant berries so big you can hardly hold it in one hand, spider webs strong enough to climb on and clogs so big you can hide inside.

Alex and Tampi have been taking care of the forest and its strange creatures for 1,000 years, and kept it a secret from humans all this time. They have been enjoying the clean air and wind in the big trees, swimming in the clear lakes and having lots of fun in the giant berry pools they built themselves.

When the big trees in Småland grow so old that they die and fall to the ground, Alex and Tampi will use them to build houses or they will cook the trees into their favourite hot paper porridge. Sometimes they dry it into tasty paper which they can keep and eat later when they are hungry or when there are no fallen trees. Or when the angry flying dragon sneezes and sets the forest on fire!

To thank the forest for the food, they also plant a tree for every tree that they cook. And when they have eaten and are so full of paper, they poo where they have planted the new tree so it can grow faster. Alex and Tampi love their paper porridge and dried paper and if you look carefully, sometimes you can see that they have been around and have nibbled here and there!

Alex and Tampi enjoyed themselves in Småland but after 1,000 years they wanted to get to know more people. So they decide to invite the most important people in the world, the children, to become Smålish citizens, and together share the fun and discover the world both in and out of Småland. So even if you don’t like to eat paper, or are heart-shaped, or have red fur, Alex and Tampi wouldn’t mind and welcome you to be a småle. You just have to be between 4 and 10 years old.

do you wna come? :D