Hat For Ivan

Everyone in Ivan's village wears a hat to show what they love most. Because Ivan's father is the hatmaker, Ivan gets to watch his father create a hat that matches each person's interest. As it nears the time for Ivan to receive his own hat, he wonders what his hat will show. Is Ivan a musician? A baker? A palace guard? All the villagers have ideas about what Ivan should do and be. Ivan ends up tired and frustrated trying to carry out everyone else's plans for him. But his father, the hatmaker who loves him most, shows him that there is only one hat- and one life - created just for him