sentences:  Ellen soon finds that everything is not as it should be – the school is based on the Arts and is an institution for wealthy children; however, the parents of many of these children have used the school simply as a place out of sight and mind, in which to dump children that they see as nuisances.Ellen takes on the role of mother to these children, giving them the love and encouragement that they deserve.In the beautiful Austrian countryside Ellen discovers an eccentric world occupied by wild children and even wilder teachers, experimental dancers and a tortoise on wheels.