The Great Tamer

In one small provincial town lives Savva Kulikov In ordinary life he is an exemplary Soviet citizen and an upandcoming economist but Kulikov has an unusual hobby he trains his own pets teaching them many amusing stunts Among the pupils Savva already have a dog a cat and even a parrot One day the chimpanzee gets into Savvas hands The animal was easy to train with dexterity performing all the tricks of Kulikov and he decided that his hobby should go to a new more serious stage performance in public Circus friends help Savva break into the circus arena The main character performs with his monkey in a local circus and the show was an incredible success breaking a storm of applause from a grateful public