Malysh s mamoi, papoi i starshim bratom Filippom pereezzhaiut v Besbiu. Teper oni zhivut v bolshom dvukhetazhnom dome i u Malysha est svoia komnata. On znakomitsia s sosedskim malchikom Magnusom i ego dedushkoi, a eshche s khoziainom knizhnogo magazina, gde prodaetsia kniga Knopkinogo papy, i s bashmachnikom. I odnazhdy s legkoi ruki bashmachnika Malysh i Shchepkin okazalis vtianuty v strannoe delo o propazhe botinok.