A TV movie about how the hero of Turkmen fairy tales Yartygulak helped the little braggart Murad to become honest and courageous.

Bai Kakabai, who fiercely hates the Soviet government, goes abroad with his family and servants. He is followed by the Nurali and Dodur brothers. The younger is in love with the owner's daughter, the elder cannot part with his beloved Akhal-Teke horse, Dik-Ayak. Having wandered through a foreign land, the brothers will find neither happiness nor prosperity there, and they will return home.

Sahat, a schoolboy, spends his summer holidays with his grandfather in a mountain village. The boy learns pottery, helps to harvest crops, takes care of a small camel. Here Sahat gets his first work skills, lessons of caring for the surrounding nature.

Villagers Adzhap and Meilis fell in love with each other. However, Adzhap's relatives, who followed old traditions, separated the lovers. Years passed. Adzhap and Meilis met again, and their old feelings were revived. However, Adzhap says goodbye to Meilis forever, so as not to destroy his family...