The Trace of the Mechanical Monkey

In Tatayar, along with good weather, a calm atmosphere settled, with no crimes or incidents. But one day, the bored Colonel von Spinne is approached by the manufacturer Protasov, the first Tatayar millionaire. According to him, something devilish is happening in the house: allegedly a mechanical toy, a monkey the size of a human, which can walk and talk, gets out of the closet on its own and wanders around the house. The millionaire fears that sooner or later it will kill someone and asks Fyoma Fyomich to stay with him for a few days...