How to become famous, and it would be good not in many years, but in the very near future? Vitik soberly weighed his options. He couldn’t sing, draw, dance, play the violin or play chess brilliantly. I tried to write poetry and prose, but it didn’t work out. He was also not accepted into the circus school. An attempt to engage in political activity at the school level ended in trouble. All that remained was science. Having made a choice, Vitik decided to move to the desk of a new classmate - Alyosha Afonin, nicknamed Funya. He turned out to be an interesting conversationalist, in love with physics, and a loyal friend. Alyosha also shared his dream: to tame ball lightning. But for this you need a special device...