Vladimir Danko is a children's poet and illustrator, author of more than 40 books included in the golden fund of Russian literature for children. The poet's mentors were luminaries of Russian children's poetry Agnia Barto, Yakov Akim and Valentin Berestov. Here is his beautiful fairy tale, in which little readers will meet the boy Ilyusha and his friends: Cat, Donkey, Monkey, Hippo and Elephant.