I... from childhood I dreamed of having very tame animals, and now, constantly feeding chicks, taming adult birds and animals, I learned how to properly support and educate them. Experience has shown that the most diverse representatives of the animal kingdom: a swift, wagtail, bat, owl, magpie or redstart - can become completely tame and will treat you with full confidence, and sometimes with real affection. In this book, which I dedicate to the memory of my mother Vera Matveevna Batueva, a friend and faithful assistant, I talk about my friends' little birds and four-legged ones. For high school.