Piotr, un granjero pobre, ama a Pidorka, cuyo padre quiere casarla con un hombre rico. Para conseguirla, Piotr hará un pacto con el demonio Bassavriuk: oro a cambio de la flor del helecho.
A pianist named Garvey, while traveling on a tour, gets off the train to buy cigarettes, and learns from a salesgirl that the cities imagined by Grin really exist. Forgetting about his tour, he goes to one of these cities, where he meets the captain of “The Waverunner”…
