Anatoly Argunov talks about the life of a boy who is five years old, and he lives at a small stop, among the forests, trains rumble past day and night. But, most importantly, he lives among people, his peers and adults. How they behave and what they teach largely determines the character and future of the child. Before the reader’s eyes, events pass that, at first glance, are ordinary and simple, but they left a deep mark on the boy’s soul, because they became the first in his life. life. The author talks about everything that accompanies the life of this little man: about sorrows and joys, about good and bad, about friendship and camaraderie... The stories are so touching and naive that they seem unreal, from another life, but they are about how it was In fact. For today's children and their parents, life through the eyes of a five-year-old child who grew up far from civilization may seem almost fabulous. But that's not true! Read and you will understand why.