The famous American writer Frank Stockton (1834–1902) knew how to laugh at human weaknesses and delusions. He did not pull the heroes back, but gave them the opportunity to walk their way to that puddle in which those obsessed with false aspirations usually find themselves. Having laughed good-naturedly, the author finds a witty way out for the unlucky heroes. You will be convinced of this by reading Stockton's stories, translated into Russian for the first time. As long as a person lives on earth, he cries so much. And he laughs so much. This is such a thing, life, that it is full of everything. And why they grab their hearts. And what makes their tummies rip. And the writer will not miss the places where they laugh. And he’ll even make up his own fantasies. Then the cheerful Pinocchio jumps out of an ordinary log, Carlson with a motor takes up residence on the roof, and Winnie the Poohs start up in the forest. The series of books “DUREMAR” goes back to them. We want you to laugh to your heart's content through the pages of this series. Born in different countries, many of our heroes set foot on Russian soil for the first time.