Behind the trees of your backyard, in the world of the unknown, a new neighbor has joined the story. He's tall and skinny. He's dirty and noisy. And he has disrupted the quiet of his new surroundings. Yes, he may make wonderful things, but even the wonder of those things cannot erase the sound of creation that those things bring. It's the noise that this boy brings that causes Borin, the goblin, to stand up and complain. In the end, Borin finds that the person responsible for the noise may not only be the problem but the solution as well.