The name of Georgy Alekseevich Skrebitsky, a biologist and writer, is widely known in our country. His books “Jolly Streams”, “Friends of My Childhood”, “Leaf Faller”, “Forest Great-Grandfather”, “Behind the Forest Veil” and many others have long earned the love of adults and children. This book contains stories and fairy tales from different years, dedicated to the development of a biologist, the life of animals and birds that surrounded the author all his life, both at home and in the wild. The book teaches how to protect and love the living nature of our Motherland. For a wide range of readers.