After cross-country skiing, Zhora Tyagunov and Vitka Myshkin decided that, ahead of everyone else, they would get to the train via a shorter route - through a ravine. But instead, the guys got lost in the forest, where evening twilight had descended. Frozen and frightened, as if in a fairy tale, they suddenly saw in the distance the illuminated window of a house. The owners were not home, only a crow flew out of the door to meet the children. Zhora and Vitka decided to take a nap on the stove. It would be better if they didn't do this! When the friends woke up, they saw something that froze the blood in their veins. Is this really not a dream and they really fell into the clutches of a witch?..