On the edge of the forest near the road stood an old abandoned house. Once upon a time there lived two sorcerer brothers. They were engaged in robbery: they robbed and killed those who passed along the road at night. In the neighboring village they were afraid of the brothers and never communicated with them. And to this day people avoid this ill-fated house - after all, as legend says, the souls of the unfortunate who died at the hands of their villainous brothers languish there. And it was into this boarded-up house that a boy named Venya had to enter. The village kids came up with this test for him...