A greedy trader who becomes convinced that a house is hidden in the wall of a house, decides to buy the house at all costs.

A boy's careless childhood is interrupted when he finds out about his parents' decision to divorce.

A story about a train switchman, his cat Velja and friends at work. Once tidy and upright after the death of his wife, he became unfit even at his job, which he did diligently. Soft-hearted, sociable, he began to associate with a glass and a bottle.