The book includes: "Sparrow," "About Ivanushka the Fool" (Russian folk tale), "The Case of Evseika," "Pepe" (from "Tales of Italy"), "Shake," "Childhood of Ilya" (from the story "Three"), "Grandfather Arkhip and Lyonka," "Burning Heart of Danko" (from the story "Old Woman Isergil"), "Morning," "In the Forest" (from the story "In People "). The book opens with a short preface by Z. Ivanova about the life and work of Maxim Gorky