Svetlana Serova

December 1941. Leningrad. The story centers on the main character, who, together with other employees, saves zoo animals from shelling. The people themselves are on the brink of life and death, but they do not abandon the hippopotamus named Krasavitsa.

The young poultry worker's besties often ask her to watch for them when they go on dates, but one day she doesn't fulfill their request.