The noble community of inhabitants of the Transbaikal forests is alarmed to the extreme. Forest nymphs, mermaids, swamp blokes, kikimoras, shishigi are tormented by terrible guesses. Why are all the trees in the area covered with strange notices? What did Baba Yaga discover on the runway of Zmei Gorynych? Where did the Serpent himself finally go? Only the brownie Vasily is calm. He lies behind the stove, reads detective stories, and simply doesn’t care about the commotion that broke out outside the walls of the hut. But, as always, it is he who will have to resolve the situation. Cover image by the author.