Potya and Potiha are newlyweds. Potya is a big eccentric, but his wife lovingly forgives him for all his stupid deeds.
A girl takes care of her doll with love. But when she gets a new but prettier doll as a present, the former doll starts to feel lonely.
The story is about how the fat and lazy boy Petka, because of the deception of the mischievous girl Susanna, ran away from home to the circus, and the kind girl Lyolishna helped his parents find him.