Everything that happens to second-grader Mitya Timkin in Ekaterina Timashpolskaya’s book is usually called adventure by adults (parents, teachers, coaches, police officers). And for Mitya himself and his peers, this is ordinary everyday life. Fry eggs (for the first time in my life), invite a girl to a waltz tour (not knowing how to dance), stand in the gates of a water polo team (not knowing how to swim), talk to a Serbian waiter in English, ride a dolphin, play with Roger Federer (not know how to swim). tennis, no, Rog is a dog, man's friend). What's so special about all this? It's just interesting, that's all.