Povest o tom kak possorilsya Ivan Ivanovich s Ivanom Nikiforovichem

Vse prekrasno i zamechatel'no bylo v slavnom gorode Mirgorode, dazhe luzha na ploshchadi, i ta byla ideal'na. I vdrug, vse peremenilos'. Snachala porugalis' ochen' uvazhaemye v gorode lyudi – Ivan Ivanovich i Ivan Nikiforovich. Slovno chernaya koshka probezhala mezhdu byvshimi priyatelyami. Hotya net, eta byla sovsem ne koshka, a samoe obyknovennoe ruzh'e. A sledom za etim v neprimirimuyu vrazhd...