Orion Falls to the West

When you are only eight years old, the world is full of mysteries and enigmas. In the icy cave live white Eskimos, a wolf named Amarok prowls through the forest, and a mysterious Shavarazka hides in the ravine. But that’s all out there, outside. At home, mom is churning butter, dad is saving books from mice, and there’s also my younger brother Borya, a ginger cat named Murka, and a cow with a calf.
One Christmas, a snowstorm blocked all the roads. Suddenly, there was a terrible crash and thunder from outside. It turned out that a small car had slipped, spun around, and crashed into a fence post… And through the snowy drifts, dad brought the first guests to the festive table – Vladimir Nikolaevich, Lyubov Ivanovna, and their twins. After another noise, Nina Petrovna and her son Sergey sat down at the table, whose truck had knocked down the wood shed. And when the wooden gates crumbled from the impact of Nadina's car, the house turned into a real little house. Sometimes people have to meet unexpectedly like this on Christmas.