Thank you for taking me off the cold shelf and holding me in your warm hands. You don't know what I've been through for so long! It's also the dust and the exhaust fumes of the city! But what scared me the most was the loneliness. A book always seeks company and companionship. You know that, right?

Now, therefore, that you've brought me close to you, allow me to confess that I feel wonderful! We will become friends! I've read myself many times! I would sit comfortably on the couch, and while flipping through my pages, I felt that a red curtain had opened in front of me, and I was a spectator in a lively theater performance. Many times I laughed, other times I cried, sometimes I was puzzled, and in some cases, I identified with a protagonist.

And there are many protagonists that pass through the theater stage in the six works. Among them are Spyros and Soula in "Wedding Anniversary". Thanasis and his mother in "Seeking a Private Nurse". Maria and Manolis in "When Lady Macbeth Met Manolis". Athena and Pelopidas in "Date for Four". Grandpa in "Why Grandpa?" Antonis in "The Bench". Characters with different traits and roles, everyday faces from the next door.

I will be particularly happy if I, a small book, can take you by the hand and let us fly away, even for a little while, leaving behind all these, witches, dragons, and shadows, that in difficult times deprive us of so much. And most of all, a smile. Then, honestly, I will have achieved my goal.

Thank you. The book you hold in your hands...