This magical story begins with three friends, who are unhappy on the farm where they live. Pal is a wise border collie dog, Pickle is a piglet who tends to be quite timid and Patsy, another piglet, who is his girlfriend.
Pal overhears a conversation with the farmer, where they live, saying pigs on his farm are going to be made into sausages. He is devastated, but must save his friends. Luckily all the animals and small creatures know a secret! That the Isle of Wight, where the friends live, has a secret place. For this is where Harmony Haven can be found, and its guardian is the majestic and very powerful Oliver Gruffle who is our hero of these books. Pal knows how to reach this safe haven, so the three friends set off on their journey as runaways.
Along the way they meet their guides. First there is a Galoak, a little wooden man, who makes them see how beautiful the world is. Their next guide is a grumpy badger, but here it is the friends who turn him into a happy and very interesting one through the adventures, which involves fighting giant moles, they share with him.
With many magical adventures and so many amazing characters to meet, the runaways excitedly wait to meet their guardian Oliver Gruffle. How will they react when they find out he is an alien teddy bear from a planet far away who possesses Alien Special powers!
