Lyudmila Dubrovskaya

A 23-year-old man was tried for choosing poetry as his life's work. His poems and translations were professional. Many people thought so, but not literary officials. It was published sparingly. But in his place could be any talented or simply capable young man who chose the difficult path of serving the muses. Not only then, but now the young have a hard time. Who will take on the role of an arbitrator passing sentence: a poet is not a poet, an artist is not an artist? Maybe the artist has looked into the future, is incomprehensible to contemporaries, is not recognized by them, so what is to judge him?

Nine-year-old Yurik is living with relatives after his mother died and his father went missing. His friend, Zayats, is one of the few who survived the bombing of Minsk and now understands what things and animals think. One day, the "Wild Animals of the World" exhibition comes to town, and the boys are eager to attend, but they need money to get there.