Grandmother always replies to Luka's curious guestions, one answer forces the child to catch birds, which will help him to see his mother. All days the boy spends on the roof with a trap, trying to catch a huge number of birds. grandmother react calmly to his desire, she only remarks that birds have mothers and they miss them too. later a group of older boys takes away his trap and only after that realizes the little boy these words. the conflict with the boys finishes after Luka's attempt to get his birds back. this incident changes a lot of thing for the little dreamer, he doesn't want to achieve his aim by using other creatures and releases the birds.