The story “On the Night of the Big Tide” tells about the struggle of children from different planets with the supposedly indestructible evil “predestined future”, with forces that are trying to pull the heroes apart across unconnected spaces. “Orange Portrait with Specks” is the story of a student trainee who made friends with Martian. “Barquentine with the name of a star” is a fairy tale about the friendship of a boy and a talking frog.