“Self-instruction for walking” is a book to help avid travelers. It includes three works in the mockumentary genre: a story about love, a travelogue about fidelity and a lesson about the constancy of fun and dirt. “The Happy Book” is a story about Russian France, about Russians in France, about French Russia, about a strange geographical creature that brought the main character so much joy that he almost died from the world. “Three Three” is a story about a journey that is a multiple of three. Everything is laid out in it with utmost precision. Displaced people follow their own footsteps across rough terrain, taking themselves with them. They learn a simple wisdom: when traveling, a traveler travels at least twice, unless he meets three. The collection of spiritual and moral instructions “Self-Instruction for Walking,” which gives the name to this book, is intended primarily for those who have decided to devote themselves to travel. Not only can it be useful to adventurers and careless riders, but it can confuse even an experienced tourist. “The Self-Teacher” introduces the reader to the basics of the theory of walking and ends with one of the happiest endings in modern travel prose.