This story takes place in the staleand bureaucratic atmosphereof a customs house, where wefollow the working day of thecivil servants as they ensure thelaw relating to merchandise isobeyed, examine the contents ofparcels and request passengersto produce relevant identification.Their job is not a pleasant task ina world without frontiers. Thesegovernment officials tend to berather fussy people who carryout the letter of the law. But whatwould happen if one day thesescruples prevented them allowingthrough anyone who did notconform to a specific profile?What would we lose? What wouldthe end of the story be? In aworld which is more and moremarked by people coming andgoing, formulating the answer tothese questions can help to guideus through life.