The director Misha Tumelya and animators Sasha Dorogov and Alexandr Petrov presented this short to Roy E. Disney as a tribute for the 60th anniversary of Mickey. A little over two minutes in length, the cartoon shows a young boy in black silhouette going to a line that divides the screen image in half. It is like a mirror with the young boy on one side and the classic black and white Mickey Mouse in black silhouette on the other side.
A miller has three sons. When he dies the eldest son inherites the mill, the middle one a donkey and the youngest son gets only a cat. At frist the youngest son is very disappointed but the cat turns out to be pretty resourceful.
Elk, who ran through the forest during a thunderstorm, was crushed by a fallen tree. A brazen and treacherous magpie told the wolves about it all through the forest. Good forest animals decided to help to free the elk. The first was a hedgehog, then a hare and his mom, a family of squirrels, a mouse, a frog. Decisive in saving the elk from the wolves was the contribution of the smallest character - an ant.
In the north of the Urals, the construction of a chemical plant has begun. Construction manager Pyotr Musatov appoints Anton Kitaev, the husband of his sister, a direct and honest man, a former front-line soldier, as a deputy. Anton soon realizes that Peter is a typical careerist, pursuing only selfish goals. Kitaev sharply criticizes the leadership. As a result, he breaks up with his wife, who supports her brother in everything. Moreover, rivalry in love is added to the confrontation in the work - Peter and Anton are in love with one woman ...
