On the way to school, Frantz and Vieux Os meet Vava. From then on, Vieux Os knows what it means to "die of love". A funeral procession takes the two boys to the cemetery, where a joyful atmosphere. At the end of this initiatory day, where he discovers the destiny that the gods have traced for him, Vieux Os is inhabited by new certainties.

In this Haiti of Dany Laferrière's childhood, death is a butterfly that lands on the eyes of those who love, and love ensures the survival of those who die. The TAXI collection publishes stories that call for travel, in time or space, and that introduce children to countries or eras that they do not usually know. It wishes to give children the privilege of discovering the world of writers that adults usually read!