A long time ago... in a distant Galaxy... When we were small, and trees and computers were big... in 1984... I was a member of the Ad Astra KLF at the regional children's library named after Gorky. That's when this story was written. But the most surprising thing is that it was also published (though much later) in the collection “In the Kingdom of Kirpirlein.” Thanks to which I was even honored to be included in the “EXTELOPEDIA OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION” ( as a Russian science fiction writer. I didn’t receive the author’s copies, although a money order for either forty or eighty rubles arrived. Crazy money for '90. I considered the text lost during numerous moves. And when he was found, it was almost the most wonderful gift for the New Year. Read! And “forgive the author for his mistakes.” K. Ananichjanuary 2003