Rasskazy, predstavlennye v etoy knige, napisany prostym, i kazhdomu ponyatnym yazykom.I povestvuyut oni o sovershenno obydennykh, vrode-by, veshchakh: o zhizni prostykh lyudey, o vstrechakh i rasstavaniyakh, o lyubvi. No chitaya ikh, pronikaesh"sya k geroyam proizvedeniy sochuvstviem, soperezhivaesh" im. Zhal" stanovitsya i neschastnogo bomzha, i opustivshegosya Shurika, i zluyu sosedku. I nevazhno, chto po-khoroshemu nuzhno by ikh osudit", no chitaya rasskazy, ponimaesh", chto krome osuzhdeniya, est" eshche i proshchenie. Est" v knige i veselye rasskazy i grustnye, est" nebol"shie miniatyury, napisannye tem zhe vnyatnym yazykom. I v kazhdom rasskaze, v kazhdoy miniatyure chitatel" oshchutit dobrotu i ponimanie, uvazhenie k blizhnemu, i, mozhet byt", prochitav i zakryv etu knigu, posmotrit na mir vokrug drugimi glazami, stanet khot" chut"-chut" myagche i dobree.