This tale is based on Chukchi folk tales. Information about the flora and fauna of Chukotka was taken from the Internet. I read about the morals and customs of the Chukchi by such authors as Tikhon Syomushkin and Yuri Rykheu. The transformation of people into animals and animals into people is very characteristic of Chukchi tales and legends - perhaps because many Chukchi tribes previously had their own animal patrons. And somehow I thought about how a modern urban youth would behave if he found himself in the world of Chukchi fairy tales. And this is what happened...