The Amazing Adventures of the Boy Without a Shadow and the Shadow Without a Boy

This story happened to an ordinary schoolboy, Vitya Vetkin. However, he was not quite ordinary – he was a chess champion. The boy became so conceited that he dared to swing at the old oak tree that sheltered almost the entire yard from the scorching sun. And then even his own shadow refused to associate with him. And life without a shadow, as we know, is unbearable. In order to regain the favor of his shadow, Vitya had to rethink much about himself.