Conradin is the kid of the story. He was 10 years old and he was often ill. The doctors said that he wasn’t a strong boy.
Conradin’s parents were dead and he lived with his aunt. Conradin hated her because she was always unkind to him but the the children obeyed her. Her aunt was an old woman, she never let him enjoy himself. The imagination was the only thing that kept him alive. In his own world he was happy.
His boring life changed when he found a ferret. Conradin gave him a name: Sredni Vashtar, and the ferret became his best friend.