A wandering workman was walking along the road with a knapsack on his back. And he knew how to make outlandish weathervanes in the shape of cockerels. One day he stopped in the forest to spend the night. And suddenly an unfamiliar fairy came out from behind the nearest tree and asked him to make three wishes. The tramp was confused. He was hungry, and as his first wish he asked for food. A worthy dinner appeared on the snow-white tablecloth at his feet. The tramp's second desire was the desire for prosperity. The fairy performed it too. But the third wish...