Whenever Nima meets someone on her long walk to the village market in Nepal, she brings her hands together with her fingers almost toughing her chin, bows her head slightly, and says "Namaste," which means "the light in me meets the light in you." Includes information on the geography, culture, and people of Nepal.

In the 1830s, a young girl visits her neighbor, the famous author, artist, and naturalist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and they talk and paint together in his garden. Includes a biographical summary of Goethe.