Real happiness befell seventh-grader Sashka Tokarev, nicknamed Talking. An entertainment center with all the bells and whistles, the dream of his whole life, shone in his room with handles and buttons. And also a watch like no one else has. Live, Talking, and be happy. But bad luck - Sasha woke up in the morning, looked in the mirror, and there was a TV! Why TV, after a couple of days Sasha turned into anything. Not life, but a complete joke. But suddenly it turns out that you have to pay dearly for all the pleasure. Otherwise, goodbye normal life. This story was highly appreciated by the famous science fiction writer Boris Strugatsky.