Poezd na Pravdinsk idet bez ostanovok

Petr, muzhchina, rozhdennyy na izlete SSSR, s detstva veril v skazki. I skazki postoyanno okazyvalis' ryadom, kogda on ne zhdal. To poputchik v poezde obernetsya nastoyaschim chertom, to sluchaynyy znakomyy klyanetsya i bozhitsya, chto vo vremya komandirovki ugodil k strannym lyudyam, uverennym, chto Sovetskiy Soyuz nikuda ne ischezal, to v gazetah pishut ob ozhivshey mumii kakoy-to carevny… A mozhet byt', eto i ne skazki vovse? Da i est' li mesto skazke v sovremennom mire? A esli est' — to zachem, komu i kakoy sile eto nuzhno?