The patterns in the kaleidoscope change. One pattern - turn - another pattern. They never repeat themselves... The pages of a serviceman’s life turn over in the same way - the pattern changes, never repeating itself again. Cities and countries flash by, people with whom you lived and worked together fade into the past: they remain, and you leave them forever. And the unknown awaits ahead: new faces, new surroundings, new impressions... And sometimes everything has to start from scratch, fit into a new reality, adopt other customs, language, morals. You can call the life of an officer in different words - unusual, unsettled, unpredictable, interesting, difficult, romantic - but it is impossible to call it boring and monotonous. Here is a collection of short stories “Kaleidoscope” by Tatyana Sarazhina, in which the nomadic life of an officer’s family with its joys is shown through the eyes of a serviceman’s wife , hardships, successes and failures, hopes and curiosities. In this amazing book you will find funny and touching stories: stories about children and animals, mystical stories that are hard to believe but which actually happened, true stories with dramatic and sometimes tragic events.