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Poteryav otca, Sashka ostaetsya sovsem odin — vdali ot doma i bez grosha za dushoy. Nesdobrovat' by emu, ne podberi ego proezzhiy mulla! Teper' Sashke nuzhno privykat' k zhizni v bashkirskom aule, k neznakomym obychayam, k chudnym skazkam i pesnyam. On rabotaet u dobrodushnogo dyad'ki Mirgali, vlyublyaetsya v krasavicu Altynay, knigocheyka Zaynab uchit ego mestnomu yazyku... A za okolicey aula nachinaetsya les-urman. Kogda v aule sovershaetsya tainstvennoe prestuplenie, sel'chane sgoryacha obvinyayut Sashku. No vskore vyyasnyaetsya, chto eto — lish' chast' zaputannoy istorii, kotoraya dlitsya uzhe mnogo let, a svyaz' mezhdu aulom i lesom kuda sil'nee, chem kazalos' i lyudyam, i nelyudyam. Dlya srednego shkol'nogo vozrasta.