This story, which I will tell you now, is dedicated to the amazing journey of the apprentice Hlapich. Although Hlapich was small in stature - as it jokingly says - "a guy with a lock," he was funny as a bird, brave as Royal Marco, smart as a book and kind as the sun. Thanks to all these qualities, which, no doubt, you yourself, my reader, have managed to overcome many terrible trials and survive many incredible dangers.