Aline shestnadcat', a v gorode — ad. Na zhenshchin ohotitsya Hass — man'yak i, veroyatno, Alinin otec. Na Hassa ohotitsya Zyablik, mal'chik v botinkah na tolstoy podoshve,— ne mozhet prostit' emu staryh obid. Zyabliku tozhe shestnadcat'. Alina boitsya — man'yaka, nochi, shagov za spinoy i pryachetsya... k Zyabliku pod krylo. Alina ne znaet, chto Zyablik opasnee Hassa. A mozhet, vsetaki znaet?