Year: 1974 Genre: fantasy story

Main characters: Alisa Selezneva

The story "The Girl from the Earth" or "Alice's Journey" was written by the Soviet science fiction writer Kir Bulychev in 1972. This story is part of a cycle about the adventures of Alisa Selezneva, a schoolgirl living in the distant future. Together with her father, cosmozoologist Igor Seleznev, she conquers space and gets into incredible adventures. Of all the stories in this cycle, "The Girl from Earth" is the most famous: the famous cartoon "The Secret of the Third Planet" was created based on the book. The script for the cartoon was written by the author of the book himself - Kir Bulychev. Stories about the adventures of Alice to this day win the hearts of both young readers and loyal fans of the writer.

The meaning of the work. On the one hand, this is a fascinating story about fictional worlds and travels to other planets, and on the other hand, a story about childhood and the worldview of a child. The non-trivial look of the girl Alice, devoid of the conventions of the adult world, helps her defeat her enemies. This is a story in which, without any edification, it is shown where is good and where is evil.

Read the summary of Kir Bulychev Alice's Journey or the Girl from the Earth

"Girl from the Earth" tells the reader about one of the most interesting adventures of Alisa Selezneva. Actions take place in the future, at the end of the 21st century on planet Earth. Here, superluminal ships and robots have long come into use, the solar system has been colonized, and all planets are suitable for life. The people of the Earth are kind, open, honest, they do not know wars and care about the environment.

Alisa Selezneva, a second grade student, a restless and very kind girl, goes on a space expedition with her father and his team on the Pegasus ship. The purpose of the trip is to find rare species of animals to replenish the collection of the Intergalactic Zoo in Moscow. However, the business trip turns into an extraordinary adventure for the heroes, connected with the search for the missing famous space explorer. And it is the Pegasus team that will have to unravel the mysterious knot of events, and new friends will help Alice and her father not only acquire new types of animals, but also find the Second Captain.

On her journey, Alice will get into a stream of exciting adventures: unravel the secret of the tadpoles, see a talking bird and a diamond turtle, make friends with Sklif the flying cow and a fluffy indicator, try on an invisibility cap, save a planet inhabited by robots, escape from insidious space pirates and discover The secret of the Third Planet.

Retelling of the story Alice's Journey or The Girl from Earth

Based on this story by Bulychev, a famous cartoon was created. But of course, there is much more information and details in the book. It all starts with the fact that Alice's journey itself (with her father on a space expedition for rare animals) is in jeopardy, because the girl and her classmates stole a gold bar from the museum! .. to make a lure out of it. But it turns out that in the future, gold has completely depreciated. And thanks to the help of friends (mostly aliens), Alice was forgiven.

However, she nearly ruined the expedition again by hiding two classes of her friends in a starship. On the journey, earthlings encounter the mystery of the three missing captains. Hints, oddities, riddles - Alice is very interested in understanding the fate of these heroes. On the way, earthlings get to different planets, for example, creatures live on one, taking one form on one day, and the inhabitants of the other have learned to travel in time. In the intergalactic market, Alice's father acquires many amazing animals.

The girl herself encounters the wounded bird Talker, which Alice has already seen - on the statue of the captains. The talker in the voice of the captain suggests the direction of the search. It becomes clear that the captains must be saved! As a result, the father's ship falls into a trap of pirates, who have been holding the captains captive for several years now. Alice and her companions now also become hostages. In time, the First Captain arrives to the rescue, and also his friend, Verkhovtsev. One of the pirates was disguised as the latter.

By the way, Alice also has an invisibility hat - a gift from a space merchant. Together, the pirates were defeated. There are many beloved heroes in the story: the alien Gromozeka, the pessimist Zeleny, the pirate Veselchak U ... The story teaches courage and curiosity, even in space - these are irreplaceable qualities.

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Title and author of the book	main characters	Plot	My opinion	Date of reading	Number of pages
Kir Bulychev "Girl from the Earth"	Alisa Selezneva, professor Seleznev, mechanic Zelyony, captain Poloskov, space pirates: Veselchak U, Rats; 3 captains	A girl from the future, Alisa Selezneva, sets out on her first space journey. She helps her father, the director of the space zoo, look for unusual animals from different planets. At the same time, the heroine fights against space pirates and reveals the secret of the Third Planet.	The book is very exciting and adventurous. Read in one breath. Available to both elementary school students and teenagers.	2005 year	512 pages

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About the author of the book

Kir Bulychev (real name Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheiko; October 18, 1934, Moscow - September 5, 2003, Moscow) - Soviet science fiction writer, orientalist, screenwriter. Laureate of the State Prize of the USSR (1982). The pseudonym is composed of the name of Kira's wife and the maiden name of the writer's mother, Maria Mikhailovna Bulycheva. He is best known for his fantastic stories about Alisa Selezneva, a girl living at the end of the 21st century.

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About the book "Girl from the Earth"

The writer gave the name of the heroine in honor of his daughter Alice, who was born in 1960. The collection published by the publishing house "Eksmo" includes 3 stories: "A girl with whom nothing will happen", "Alice's Journey", "Alice's Birthday". The most famous among them is Alice's Journey, written in 1974. Based on this story, the cartoon "The Secret of the Third Planet" was filmed. Links to sources of information Kir Bulychev

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I would say that this article is forced. There are already a lot of letters with a request to state summary cyrus books Bulycheva « girl from earth". In general, I am a supporter of turning to primary sources and reading precisely the works themselves, and not retellings. However, sometimes there is a hopeless situation. In addition, letters were mainly written by parents of schoolchildren who wanted to control their children. And that changes things. And before starting work, I would like to stipulate some points that cause confusion. The fact is that many argue that there is no such book as " girl from earth» at Kira Bulycheva. I have already written in the article a few words from the history of this book, but I will repeat. The fact is that the story was originally called " Alice's Journey". She was part of the cycle of works "The Adventures of Alice". Later, the same story was published under the title " girl from earth" and " Alice and the three captains". There is also an adapted version of the work for elementary school " Mystery of the Third Planet. A cartoon was created with the exact same name. But you can’t judge a book by a cartoon, because. there is a difference between these two works of art. Which? I wrote about this in more detail in the article. I believe that if you do not know the differences themselves, then at least their existence is just in case. If you are a teacher or a strict parent and you need to make questions about the story, then perhaps our stories will help you Bulycheva « girl from earth". Now let's move on to summary. The story is written in the first person, by Professor Seleznev.

To Moscow second-grader Alisa Selezneva, her father, Professor of Biology Seleznev, immediately after the New Year promised a joint trip on the Pegasus spacecraft during the summer holidays. The purpose of this trip is to collect rare animals from different parts of the universe to replenish the Moscow Zoo. However, dad made a reservation that he would keep his promise to take Alice with him on the expedition only if she studied well all year and did not do stupid things. But a month before the start of Pegasus, the guys from Alisa Selezneva's class decided to catch a giant pike that ate fry in the Ikshinsky reservoir. For this purpose, they needed a gold nugget as a lure. The nugget was kept in the school museum. To decide who exactly to steal from the museum, the guys decided to cast lots. The lot fell on Alice. She took the nugget. After which he was cut. But the second graders failed to catch the giant pike. The spinner was either bitten or torn and drowned. The guys couldn't find her. The promise of a classmate to return the exhibit to the museum was not fulfilled, because there was no gold among the finds of the geologist dad, only diamonds. The teacher gave the children until morning. And if the loss is not returned to the school museum, then the criminal will be called to account! Alice confessed everything to her father, but did not confess at school. After talking with dad, Alice went to solve her problems with the gold nugget, and dad received Alice's friends all day, who brought gold and other valuables. Professor Seleznev himself did not stand aside either. After Alice left, he called a certain Fridman via videophone to the Mineralogical Museum with a request to help in this situation. Friedman, in return, asked for a rare animal blue leopard for a while, because. There are many mice in the museum. Professor Seleznev agreed. As a result, in the Seleznevs' apartment by the evening there were already about 18 kg of gold, which was delivered to the school in the morning. And although initially Professor Seleznev wanted to remove Alice from participating in the expedition, but, seeing how many people were worried about Alice, which means that she is a good person, he decided to take her with him.

In this chapter, Kir Bulychev introduces readers to the past of Professor Seleznev, briefly telling how he became quite a young professor of biology. Even as a schoolboy, he was very fond of animals. The author also introduces the crew members of the Pegasus ship: Captain Gennady Poloskov, flight engineer Zeleny, Professor Seleznev and his daughter Alice. It is stipulated that Gennady Poloskov agreed to go on this expedition only because of Alice. Under other circumstances, he would have accepted Jack O'Coniol's offer to fly a new passenger liner on the Earth-Fix line.

In the last days before the start of the Pegasus, Professor Seleznev repeatedly checked the weight of the cargo. As a result, he calculated everything in such a way that a reserve of 200 kg remained in stock. However, when trying to take off, nothing happened. Instruments stubbornly showed overload. Then it was decided to double-check the compartments of the ship. And then it turned out that there were illegal passengers on board - 43 schoolchildren of the 2nd grade, who were eager to get to the moon. The fact is that there was an interplanetary football match between earthlings and fiksians. 3rd grade from Alice's school flew to the moon on a cargo barge in potato sacks. But Alisin's class and the guys from parallel classes tried to fly away on the Pegasus. I had to return them to angry parents, who had already filed a complaint against Pegasus. Despite these troubles, the expedition nevertheless began, the Pegasus started with Alice on board.

For the first time, it is stipulated that the events of the story take place at the end of the 21st century. Alice and Zeleny go to football, Poloskov stays on the ship to prepare it for the expedition once again, and Professor Seleznev decided to have a bite to eat at the Selena restaurant. There he meets with a long-time acquaintance of the inhabitant of the planet Chumaroz Gromozeka, whom he once saved from the Small Dragon in one of the archaeological expeditions. Gromozeka is very emotional and big. It has 3 hearts, 8 tentacles, 4 nostrils, 8 eyes. He warmly welcomes Seleznev in the arms of his tentacles. To celebrate, Gromozeka orders a bottle of Georgian wine to Professor Seleznev and 3 liters of valerian for himself. A conversation ensues between old friends, from which Professor Seleznev learns about the space sector 19-4. It contains a small uninhabited planet, called the Planet of the Three Captains. Gromozeka recalls that the three friends once took an active part in space exploration. They did a lot. Due to the nature of their activities, the three captains had to visit many different planets. Like any captain, they kept diaries and made entries in the logbooks of their travels in space. Therefore, the diaries of the famous three captains could be very useful to Professor Seleznev. In this case, he would not have to fly the Pegasus blindly, he could be guided by the records of the three captains. The diaries were kept on the Planet of the Three Captains. There was also a museum and three huge statues of heroes. The museum was headed by Dr. Verkhovtsev. After this meeting, Professor Seleznev decided to head for sector 19-4.

Before heading to the Planet of the Three Captains, the crew decided to unload the mail. Therefore, Pegasus landed on the planet Arcturus Minor. They are very warmly welcomed there. On Arcturus, they learn the exact coordinates of the Planet of the Three Captains and that Dr. Verkhovtseff recently visited their planet. He was interested in the drawings of the Blue Gull ship. This is the ship of the second captain, which disappeared 4 years ago. The drawings of the ship would have helped Dr. Verkhovtsev write a documentary novel about the three captains. In addition, having learned about the purpose of the expedition on Pegasus, the scouts of the Lesser Arcturus presented Professor Seleznev with the first animals - tadpoles, similar to huge salamanders. Scouts also warned that tadpoles grow very fast and eat a lot. Algae served as food for these creatures, which were immersed in huge boxes. The tadpoles almost doubled in one day. They no longer had enough space in the aquarium. Then they were transferred to a specially prepared pool. Knowing nothing about these animals, Professor Seleznev is worried, because. suggests that the tadpoles may still grow. Waking up from nightmares, the biologist goes to the pool and finds that the stomach of the tadpoles has been opened, and only the skin is floating in the pool. After searching the entire ship, the crew ascertains the fact of the disappearance of the tadpoles. And only Alice claims that nothing threatens the ship and she knows where to look for the disappeared animals. But in exchange for her version, she demands from Poloskov to give her a promise to fulfill her desire when the time comes for him. Poloskov agrees. The crew follows Alice into the pool, where she points out small, thimble-sized creatures that look like frogs. They are transferred to the bank.

Pegasus heads for the Planet of the Three Captains. On the planet, the crew members saw three huge statues of captains. From the statues, it was possible to judge the origin of the captains: one from Earth, the other from Mars, the third, which has three legs, from Fix. On the shoulder of the first captain sat a stone bird with two beaks and a crown of feathers. And next to the third captain grew a lush stone bush. Dr. Verkhovtsev initially greeted the guests cordially. He said that the main space museum will be built on the Planet of the Three Captains. By the time of discovery, artificial air on the planet will be the cleanest in the entire galaxy. Oxygen is produced by a powerful reactor from rocks. Verkhovtsev also said that 80 planets are involved in the construction of the museum. But when Professor Seleznev began inquiring about the three captains and asked to see their diaries, Dr. Verkhovtseff abruptly changed his attitude towards the guests. He began to deny that he was writing a novel about the three captains, said that he knew nothing about the first captain, who was currently working on a project to move the orbit of Venus, and that a month ago he did not visit the planet Arcturus Minor to find out how the Blue Gull works ". About the bird that sits on the shoulder of one of the captains, Verkhovtseff also allegedly knows nothing: neither the name nor the habitat. All this seemed strange to the members of the Pegasus crew. One consolation was that Dr. Verkhovtsev told Sheshiner about the Empty Planet and the Skliss from the planet.

Our travelers did not have time to reach their ship, when they heard Dr. Verkhovtsev's cry from afar. He ran after the members of the Pegasus crew and shouted something. Later it turned out that he forgot to tell about the bushes from the eighth satellite of Aldebaran. It turns out that the sculptors did not accidentally depict a lush bush next to the third captain. Once he needed to get to the base and bring to his ship a vaccine against space fever, which struck all the crew members. But the captain was smitten by the desert. Without water, he would have died. Salvation was in the bushes. They sing before a sandstorm and are always near water. Hearing the singing of the bushes, the captain went to the sound. So he got to the water and was saved. It was decided to try to find these bushes. Arriving on the eighth satellite of Aldebaran, the reconnaissance boat on its 19th run was able to detect mysterious bushes. 5 of them were carefully dug up and loaded onto Pegasus. During the flight, the crew suddenly heard the singing of the bushes. Professor Seleznev began to prepare the camera, as I expected that the bushes were about to bloom and wanted to shoot everything. Alice and Zeleny did not wait for the biologist, and went to the compartment with the bushes. Here Seleznyov heard Zeleny's anxious exclamations. The flight mechanic called for help and pressed the alarm button. Seleznyov ran, leaving his camera, and saw how the bushes were advancing on Alice and Zeleny. Seleznev had only a mop at hand. To her, he tried to stop the invasion of the bushes. However, in the fight, the bushes broke the mop and drove Seleznev into a corner. Green during this time ran for weapons, and Alice for water. While the professor was fighting with the bushes, Alice managed to return and water the plants. From that moment on, the bushes no longer ran menacingly along the corridors of the ship. Only the smallest begged for extra water and compote, he loved him very much.

It was decided to fly to the Empty Planet, about which Verkhovtseff spoke. It was raining lightly on the planet. Alice and Zeleny went to the lake. It contained a lot of fish. So many that it was possible to catch it with a bucket. Zeleny became interested in fishing and completely forgot to close the hatch of the ship at night. As a result, all the fish caught in the morning disappeared. He went with fishing rods to the lake. However, the fish were no longer there. And even a running biosearcher could not find a single fish. Professor Seleznev noticed that the morning turned out to be very sunny, and the planet was simply teeming with birds. He decided that the birds had entered the ship and caught yesterday's fish. He had already prepared his snares for catching birds, but suddenly the wind blew. And with the wind, all the birds disappeared, as if on cue. But immediately Poloskov reported on the intercom that he saw a huge herd of antelopes in the distance. And Alice noticed a lot of hares. But in a moment the weather changed again. The strongest rain began and the planet seemed to have died out. There were no more antelopes, no hares, no mice. The distressed Professor Seleznev listed all his misfortunes on this Empty Planet. She really seemed enigmatic. But Alice noticed a pattern in the above. She grabbed a bucket and went to the lake. She managed to catch a small fish in the once empty lake. Already on the Pegasus, Alice pulled it out of the water and laid it on the table. Right before the eyes of the crew, the fish gradually turned into a bird. And when the bird hit the ceiling several times, it took the form of a mouse. Thus, the mystery of the Empty Planet was unraveled, and the Pegasus took on a special form of an opportunistic animal.

Further, our heroes go to the eighth sector of the Galaxy to the planet Bluk. There, near the city of Palaputra, once a week there is a market where you can buy all sorts of curiosities, including rare animals from different planets. As soon as the Pegasus landed at the cosmodrome, the guards with earflaps immediately drove up to it. When they speak, they move their ears, creating the wind. That is why they are called earflaps. The guards began to inspect the ship. Then the Pegasus crew asked the earflaps why they violate intergalactic etiquette and do not trust their guests. To which the Ushans told a terrible story about a man who arrived on their planet a month ago. He traded in white worms that feed on air and multiply extremely quickly. He had one small bag. He took worms out of it and sold them to bird keepers. But this bag seemed to be bottomless. By the time one of the buyers noticed this, it was already too late. The planet was littered with breeding worms. Residents were forced to wear oxygen masks as The planet was rapidly losing the atmosphere necessary for life. No rescue services helped. An SOS was sent from Blook. Then Krabakas from Barakas, a great lover of birds, launched very gluttonous eating birds. They saved the planet. They ate all the worms, along with all the insects that got in their way. When asked by Professor Seleznev what the criminal who brought the worms in order to destroy Bluk looked like, the earflaps showed a photograph. According to her, our travelers recognized Dr. Verkhovtsev. In addition to everything, the Ushans said that talkers had practically disappeared on their planet. This is a kind of bird.

When the customs inspection was completed, Alice and her father went to the market. On the way, they looked at many different hotels built for aliens. Among them, they noticed a hotel for earthlings. In her window they saw Dr. Vrkhovtsev. Professor Seleznev found this suspicious. It was decided to talk to the director of the museum. But it was not possible to meet with him, according to the fat man, Verkhovtsev left somewhere 5 minutes ago, presumably to the market. Then Alice and Professor Seleznev also went to the market. Alice bought stamps, then there was an incident with invisible fish and Seleznev had to pay supposedly for the invisible fish that were frightened and set free. As a result, the merchant was satisfied and gave Alice a cap of invisibility. An indicator was added to their acquisitions - this is an animal in the form of a fluffy ball that changes colors depending on its emotions. A family of ushans who came across and bought a bird of paradise regretfully reported that they could not find a single talker. It was decided to look for a talker for the Moscow zoo.

Professor Seleznev and Alice walked around the whole market. When buying rare animals, they asked merchants about the talker. In response, they received different answers, but one thing was clear, that from the most common common bird, talkers turned into the greatest rarity. Having not found the talker, Alice and her dad headed towards the city of Palaputra. But then they were called out by Krabakas from Barakas. He whispered to them that one of the earflaps was ready to sell the talker. From a conversation with the owner of the bird, it became clear that the talker flew to him weakened and injured. Ushan left him. But one day earthlings came to him and asked him to sell the bird. Wushan refused. Then they tried to take the talker by force. They set fire to his house, started digging, threw a huge stone through the window. Therefore, he is now ready to sell the talker to Alice and Professor Seleznev. After paying, the cosmobiologist and Alice went to the ship. But on the way they met a fat man from the hotel. Seeing the talker, he began to ask to sell him a bird for any money. Seleznev categorically refused. The fat man began to threaten. But when the police appeared, he got scared and ran away. But Dr. Verkhovtseff immediately appeared. He said that if the bird gets on the Pegasus, the ship will die. And he offered to give the talker to him. Seleznev refused. Then Verkhovtsev took out a pistol, and Seleznev called Poloskov to help on the radio. After some thought, Verkhovtseff ran away.

The crew decided to fly to the planet Sheshineru to look at the Skliss. There was a knock on the hatch of the ship. A fat man in a black leather suit stood in the doorway. He apologized for his bad behavior at the bazaar and, as an atonement, offered a diamond turtle, which Professor Seleznev had been chasing for 5 years. The biologist gladly accepted the gift. The fat man said that his name was Veselchak U and left. Unexpectedly for the crew, a talker spoke with the voices of the captains. It became clear that the second captain was in trouble and released the talker to call for help. Poloskov decides to fly to the aid of the Second Captain. According to the talker, the course had to be kept on the Medusa system. But on the way, the crew will still visit the planet Sheshineru. The indicator clearly shows its distrust of the donated diamond turtle. She is locked up in a safe.

Pegasus has landed on the planet Sheshineru. Professor Seleznev went to check on the animals and heard champing. The sound led him to a closed cold store. Having opened the door of the refrigerator, the cosmobiologist found a green man eating a pineapple. Seleznev was surprised, because. the hatch of the ship was battened down and the refrigerator closed from the outside. How, under such circumstances, could a green man get to pineapples? While Seleznev was thinking, the little man disappeared. And another appeared in its place. Seleznev called the captain. Poloskov was also puzzled. One of the green men said hello to Alice, who was sleeping and did not have time to visit this planet. Morning has come. There wasn't a single pineapple left in the fridge. Poloskov said that he would file a complaint with the government of the planet Sheshiner for stealing pineapples. Here Alice asks not to do this and reminds her of her desire, which the captain promised her during the disappearance of the tadpoles. Poloskov is forced to agree. At this moment, everyone hears the noise and go out onto the gangway. The inhabitants of the planet greet Alice very warmly and carry her into the thick of the crowd. To the worried Seleznev, the elderly green man decides to explain everything. It turns out 10 years ago, tablets were invented on their planet that allow time travel. Now he will constantly fly into the past in the Pegasus refrigerator for pineapples. Professor Seleznev asks to show him the Skliss. Skliss turns out to be like a flying cow. The crew returns to the Pegasus in full force, accompanied by a skiss.

Poloskov decided to move on without stopping to the Meduza system to help the Second Captain. But, flying past Shelezyak's planet, an SOS signal was received. I had to help the paralyzed inhabitants-robots of Shelezyaki. When the last robot capable of at least talking was fixed by the mechanic Zeleny, the crew wondered who and why decided to paralyze the inhabitants of the planet Shelezyak. The robot thought for a long time, but when he saw the talker, he told the following. Many years ago, this talker flew in from the Medusa system. Someone was chasing him and he was injured. One wing had to be replaced with a prosthesis. The robots got out the bird and let go. A month ago, a black ship flew to Shelezyaka. A man in a hat, similar in description to Dr. Verkhovtsev, asked the robots to fix his ship. The robots provided this service, but at the end of the work they asked for an oil change. To which the man very rudely refused. And having learned the story about the talker, he was furious. Not long before the start of the black ship, the robot saw this man near the central oil tank. And this meant that it was Dr. Verkhovtsev who poured bacteria into the container, which turn the oil into an emery solution. Poloskov left a barrel of oil on Shelezyak so that the cured robot could change the lubricant for at least ten inhabitants, and promised to send a message to the nearest planet at the first spacewalk with a request to send a ship with oil to Shelezyak.

There were only 3 planets in the Medusa system. The first was covered with volcanoes and landing on it was impossible. Therefore, the Pegasus landed on the second planet. At first it seemed empty. But then the crew members saw through the windows five people in medieval clothes. These were the famous musketeers Porthos, Athos, Aramis and D'Artagnan. Fifth was Lady Winter. People were walking along the road. When they reached the ship, they passed through it and continued on their way. Professor Seleznev and Alice decided to go down the ladder. By that time, people had disappeared and everyone saw a birch tree with a large boletus under it. In the birch they recognized the same one that is depicted on the postcard from Zeleny. Then the cosmobiologist professor suggested that everything he saw was a mirage. Immediately, the crew members saw three captains, Veselchak U and Dr. Verkhovtsev. They were arguing about something. Then everyone watched the launch of the ship of the Second Captain of the Blue Gull. And milady reappeared. Seleznev ran after Lady Winter, but she turned into an ordinary stone. The stone bounced on its own. But the professor still caught up with him and caught him. Already on the ship, the cosmobiologist explained that the selected 5 stones are the inhabitants of the second planet of the Medusa system. They are able to convey the mental imagination of others.

The Pegasus landed on the third planet of the Medusa system. It was covered by 4 suns, so the nights here were short - about half an hour. They attacked suddenly, and it was possible to calculate the time of their arrival only by a complex mathematical calculation. The entire planet was covered with vegetation. For a biologist, it was heaven, because there were a lot of living creatures. Immediately, earthlings get acquainted with the dangerous bird Krok, which attacked Seleznev, but Zeleny managed to shoot and the bird flew towards the mountains, dropping a huge feather. Professor Seleznev decides to go on bioprospecting. The captain decides to launch a metal reconnaissance vehicle that would suggest the location of the missing Blue Gull. But suddenly it turns out that the indicator in it is broken by someone. Poloskov had to go after the metal prospector. And although Professor Seleznev had already managed to return to the ship, Alice did not notice him. She followed the talker in fluffy yellow overalls. He quickly flew towards the forest. Seleznev did not have time to stop Alice. She ran to the forest itself and did not hear her father's cries. Then the Croc bird attacked her and took her to her nest. The talker managed to hide in the branches of trees. Poloskov returned. Zeleny and Professor Seleznev jumped into his boat and went to Alice's rescue. With difficulty, they found the right nest. Alice was sitting in a nest between two chicks. Croc bird tried to feed her with fish. Already in the boat, Alice showed a fragment of a broken saucer with the inscription "... nya Seagull", which the bird Krok gave her as a toy. This proved that the Second Captain was on this planet. On the same day the talker returned. It was decided to go in search of the Second Captain.

Zeleny stayed on the Pegasus so that at least someone would look after the ship. And everyone else followed the talker. We walked for a very long time, making our way through the thickets. Stopped several times, because. walking was hard. The Croc bird attacked the talker. But Poloskov saved him by shooting. During a sudden night, our heroes saw the movement of a star. Only Alice assumed that it was a spaceship. Finally, the talker led everyone to a clearing dotted with mirror flowers. At that moment, the Croc bird attacked the talker again, and he flew away. Poloskov turned on the metal detector, which showed that there was not even a wreckage from the ship in the clearing. Finding nothing, it was decided to pick a bouquet of mirror flowers and return to the Pegasus. After a while, the speaker returned. In the voice of the Second Captain, he repeated: “There is no more strength to hold on! When will help come? The crew firmly decided to follow the talker, but after a rest, because. everyone is very tired.

While Professor Seleznev prepared the boat to search for the Second Captain, Alice watched the mirror flowers. In them she saw a fat man in a black leather suit and Dr. Verkhovtsev. She immediately called her father. In the mirrors, a high-speed ship was also visible in the distance. It was announced to the crew that the people photographed by the flowers might be present on the planet. Captain Poloskov flew off on a metal reconnaissance aircraft to look for the Blue Gull. Zeleny thought about mirror colors: how long they live and how the process of photographing takes place. Having come to the conclusion that the flowers layer upon layer, which individually carries their fixed image, Zeleny decides to perform an operation on one of the flowers in order to uncover the secret of the Second Captain. He calculated approximately the time captured by the flower and cut off the layer of the mirror. Everyone saw that the glade was a concrete convex surface resembling a lid. There was even a gap between the ground and the edge of the concrete. Then Zeleny decided to look into the past of the past 4 years. He began to carefully remove the next layer. But a curious ball-shaped indicator accidentally pushed Zeleny, and his hand fell off. Then we decided to take a new flower from the bouquet. But when they entered the wardroom, they saw that all the flowers had been destroyed. At the end of the troubles, the talker disappeared.

Since all the mirror flowers were destroyed, this clearly indicated that the enemy was on the Pegasus. Seleznev reported the events to Poloskov, who decided to immediately return to the ship. While he was returning, Professor Seleznev was building versions. Who could be the enemy? The hatch of the ship was battened down, so the enemy was inside the Pegasus. But all his theories crumbled, tk. the spacebiologist saw the hatch open and the ship's electronic key gone. He rushed to the bridge. But there was a peaceful atmosphere around: the flowers were blooming, and the birds were singing. But suddenly Seleznev heard a call from the bushes: "Help, captains!" He rushed into the bushes and saw a talker. He rolled on the ground a diamond turtle that had escaped from the ship. Professor Seleznev helped the talker. They returned to the Pegasus. They were met by Alice and Zeleny. Alice saw the turtle's stolen electronic key to the ship. Then Zeleny dismantled the turtle, and it became clear that it was a skillfully made robot. Poloskov returned. It became clear to everyone that every word spoken was known to the enemies. And that the flowers were killed by the turtle. The crew also understands that they need to prepare for an attack on the Pegasus.

Poloskov decided to overtake the ship to the mirror clearing for safety reasons. While preparing the Pegasus for the jump, some spaceship began to land nearby. After a short period of time, through the porthole, the crew saw Dr. Verkhovtsev in a spacesuit and with a pistol on his belt. He ran out of the bushes to the Pegasus and demanded with his hand to stop. Then Poloskov commanded "Start!". The Pegasus got up and moved to the mirror clearing. He sat down softly. But then he began to fall into a dark hole. From the fall, one of the ship's shock absorbers failed. The ship was dark. I had to turn on emergency lighting and arm myself with flashlights. Coming out of the Pegasus, the crew realized that they had fallen into a trap: first, the concrete slab in the clearing opened, and after letting the ship inside, it closed. By illuminating the upper surface of the trap, the rounded edges of the slab were clearly visible. Nearby, the crew members saw the missing Blue Gull. It was clear that this ship had been trapped for a long time, it was covered with dust. After some time, a bright light appeared in the cave and blinded the friends. At the same moment, a mesh fell on top of them. The crew was taken prisoner. Veselchak U, a fat man, and Dr. Verkhovtseff were walking towards them. With them are two others in black leather suits. They all held pistols. Veselchak Wu demanded to drop the weapon. Poloskov had to drop his gun. Further, Veselchak U gave orders to the men in black - to put handcuffs on the prisoners and search the Pegasus to find the talker. And then it turned out that Alice had disappeared.

No matter how angry Veselchak Wu was about Alice's sudden disappearance, there was nothing to be done about it. Professor Seleznev himself wondered where and how his daughter could have disappeared. Meanwhile, the man in black returned from the Pegasus, holding the talker by the legs. The fat man ordered the bird's head to be turned right away. But, about to carry out this order, the man fell. When falling, the talker was freed. They began to shoot at him, but the bird dodged and was able to fly away. Then the fat man ordered Professor Seleznev to be tied with a rope and took out a sharp knife. He turned to the "Blue Seagull" with a demand to give him the formula of absolute fuel, otherwise he would kill the prisoners. But he will kill slowly, cutting off various parts of the body in turn: first the ears, then the fingers, etc. He will be the first to take on the professor, because. Seleznev did not agree at the time to give him the talker. The captain of the Blue Gull refused to give the galactius to the pirates and asked for the opportunity to talk with the people who had flown to his aid. After much arguing, the fat man nevertheless allowed the Second Captain to tell his story. And here's what he said. Three great captains, mastering space, came across pirates. The pirates wanted wealth and power throughout the galaxy. They robbed merchant ships, attacked the planet Triad, hijacked a spaceship from it, captured another planet, enslaved its inhabitants and began to build a warship. But the three captains were able to thwart the plans of the pirates. All pirates were captured. The exception was two, who now have "Pegasus" and "Blue Gull" in captivity. They hid at the very edge of the galaxy, where they could not be found. For many years they were forgotten. The captains parted ways. Everyone went about their business. The first went to Venus to change its orbit. The second, i.e. the narrator himself, engaged in research work, and the Third Captain decided to fly to a neighboring galaxy, which no one had done before him. One day, the Second Captain received a message from the Third with a request to urgently meet. The second captain immediately took off. The meeting was scheduled on the third planet of the Medusa system. The pirates intercepted this signal and prepared for the meeting of the captains. They've infiltrated the First's ship. They set up listening devices and waited. When the Second arrived, he found the Third in a very bad condition. He became very ill and claimed that he could not reach Earth or Fix. From another galaxy, he was carrying an absolute fuel formula called galactia. Its use on ships would reduce the speed of flights between planets by a hundred times. The Third gave this formula to the Second. The second went to his ship for medicine. The pirates took advantage of this and opened the hatch. Then the ships of both captains fell into the dungeon. The pirates demanded the galactium formula in exchange for freedom. But the Second Captain was able to release the talker, batten down the hatch and has been in prison for 4 years now. The ship of the Third Captain was sawn up by pirates. Most likely, he fell into the hands of pirates and was killed. "Blue Seagull" failed to cut. During the story of the Second, the pirates admit that they wounded the talker, added harmful bacteria to the oil on the planet Shelezyaka, killed all the talkers on Bluk and brought worms there, which almost deprived the planet of air. Immediately, the Second Captain informs everyone that he has an agreement with the First Captain - if after 4 years the Second does not make itself felt, then the First begins to look for him. But Veselchak Wu was not afraid and did not think. He brought a sharp knife to Professor Seleznev's throat. Then the Second Captain asked to stop, saying that he was going to leave. As soon as the hatch of the Blue Gull opened, Second, like blue lightning, rushed behind the shock absorber of his ship. A shootout ensued. But the fat man was able to get close to the professor's throat again and put forward an ultimatum - if the Second made at least one more shot, he would cut Seleznev's throat. At that moment, a menacing voice was suddenly heard from the side of Pegasus: “Do not move! You are surrounded! The spacebiologist took advantage of the pirate's confusion and knocked the knife out of his hands. Dr. Verkhovtseff in a space suit slowly began to emerge from the darkness, then the First Captain, the talker, and Alice.

In this chapter, Kir Bulychev tells what happened to Alice and where she went. When the pirates began their attack on the prisoners, Alice took advantage of the invisibility cap she had been given. She stepped back and watched what was happening. But when one of the pirates was about to wring the talker's neck, Alice stopped doing nothing. She put her foot to the pirate and he fell. The talker escaped and flew. A shootout began. When the bird disappeared into the darkness, Alice followed the talker, hoping in this way to find a way out of the dungeon. It was dark, but Alice was guided by the sound of flapping wings. Then a faint light appeared from above. Alice saw the talker go up abruptly. And at that moment she heard someone's faint groan. She went to this moan. In the black tunnel, the groan intensified. Since nothing could be seen, she began to count the steps. At the 30th step, she came across a grate. Alice tried to talk to another prisoner, but he either didn't hear her or couldn't speak. Then Alice decided not to waste time. She rushed towards the hole, got out for a very long time, it was slippery and narrow. But still, she did it. Two bright suns shone. Then she saw a ship, on the hatch of which a talker was knocking. The hatch opened and Alice saw the First Captain. She ran to meet the captain, but Dr. Verkhovtseff followed him out. Alice, without taking off her invisibility cap, began to warn the First Captain that Dr. Verkhovtseff was a traitor. To which the First said that Dr. Verkhovtsev was a friend, and that there was someone in the dungeon who pretended to be Dr. Verkhovtsev. And since she knows the way to the dungeon, she must show it as soon as possible, because. The prisoners need urgent help.

When the pirates realized that they were surrounded and resistance was useless, Dr. Verkhovtsev carefully began to examine the false doctor Verkhovtsev. He noticed a barely perceptible lightning bolt on the impostor. Then he passed his hand from the face to the chest of the pirate. The shell was sleeping and everyone saw a creature that looked like a huge insect. The fat man told everyone that it was the Rat from the dead planet Krokrys. The rat drew a stinger at the tip of his tail and stuck it in his heart. Then he dropped dead. But Veselchak Wu commented that in fact the Rat did not die, but fell asleep for a while. Then it was decided to take it to the Pegasus and close it in one of the animal cages. The fat man asked several times to kill the Rat, but the Second Captain said that the pirate would be tried. The fat man was asked to tell how to open the lid of the trap in order to let the ships out. While Veselchak U was thinking, the First Captain and Dr. Verkhovtseff told their stories. The First Captain was not very worried about the Second, because. The last one is strong enough. In addition, the First had a very interesting job on Venus, and he had something to focus on. But Dr. Verkhovtseff did not share this calmness. First, the captains claimed that the pirates were finished. However, the doctor heard rumors to the contrary. Secondly, someone once snuck into the museum and rummaged through everything. Nothing of value was taken away, only photographs of the Blue Gull. And this made Dr. Verkhovtsev think about the fate of the Second Captain. In addition, one of the planets, the President of which at that time was visiting Dr. Verkhovtsev, was raided. According to eyewitnesses, the raider was very similar to Dr. Verkhovtsev. And if the President of this planet had not spent this period of time together with the doctor, he would never have believed that the doctor had nothing to do with this. Then a series of strange circumstances take place for Dr. Verkhovtsev: the Pegasus arrives, the crew members of which claim that they are interested in animals, but they themselves ask to see the diaries of the captains. Seleznev’s message was added to the general treasury of doubts that Verkhovtsev had allegedly recently been on the planet Arcturus and was interested in the Blue Gull schemes, while in fact he had not flown anywhere. The Doctor called scouts from the planet Arcturus and they confirmed Seleznev's message. That's when Dr. Verkhovtsev urgently went to Venus for help from the First Captain. After listening to the doctor, the First decides that the crew of the Pegasus are the pirates. They immediately followed the Pegasus. But already on Bluke, they realized that this was an erroneous opinion and that the Pegasus was in danger, like the Second Captain. They interrogated all the beacons in the galaxy, who reported that the Pegasus was heading for the Medusa system. Then Dr. Verkhovtsev and the First Captain went to the Third planet of the Medusa system. At this point, the storytellers' stories were over, and Veselchak U was again asked to open the trap. The fat man was forced to agree and complied with the demand of his friends. The ships were ready to launch. But contrary to Veselchak's claims, Alice reported that there was someone else in the dungeon who was moaning.

After Alice's message about the mysterious prisoner, the fat man was asked to show the way to the unknown tunnels of the dungeon. Veselchaku U had to obey. Friends followed him. Many rooms were filled with loot. It was decided to abandon the intention to blow up the dungeon, because. all the good would be enough to provide for a hundred cities. Many caves were covered with thick gratings. Finally, we reached one of the small platforms, closed by a grate. The fat man got the right key. On a pile of rags lay a dying Fixian. He was severely emaciated and exhausted from torture. In him the Second Captain recognized the Third Captain. The Fixian was freed and carried out of the cramped quarters. But he lost consciousness. Alice was sent to the Pegasus for a first aid kit. After some time, the Third came to his senses, opened his eyes, thanked for the help and died. Then Professor Seleznev decided on a desperate step - he cut the chest of the Fixian with a knife, took out his heart and began to massage. By this time, Alice had arrived. The professor demanded to pour in strengthening medicines. As a result, the exhausted captain's heart began to beat again. He was taken to the "Blue Seagull" and the treatment continued there. After a couple of hours, the life of the Fixian was already out of danger.

The third captain was carried out of the dungeon. Everyone was getting ready to start. Skliss was released to graze. The fat man sat nearby under Zeleny's supervision. And then Professor Seleznev noticed how the spaceship was descending. A gray tail trailed behind him. The ship was landing unevenly, as if in distress. Then Zeleny rushed into the wheelhouse and tuned in to the wave of the oncoming ship. Green turned on the speakerphone. The voice from the malfunctioning ship turned out to be the voice of Ella, the First Captain's wife. She asked her husband to help her drive the living nebula into the net, which Professor Seleznev did not believe existed. First and Second immediately went up into space and helped Elea. The living nebula was pressed to the ground and driven into nets. The ships have landed. Friends greeted each other and talked. Veselchak U took advantage of this moment. He hid in a living nebula, cutting the net in one place. But he could not stay in this gray fog for a long time. Apparently, there was very little air. Then he jumped out from under the nebula and ran swiftly. The Croc bird noticed him, dived and picked him up. Friends could have shot the bird, but they were afraid that the fat man would break, falling from such a height. But Veselchak U managed to escape from the claws of the bird even without shots. He fell. During this time, the nebula was able to completely free itself from the networks. Then it was decided to start quickly. Near Shelezyak's planet, the nebula was recaptured and left near the Moon for further study. Galactius was handed over to physicists for study, Rats was handed over to the Blook government, and friends, having met on the moon in full force, made plans for the future. Ella said they shouldn't be separated for long. Therefore, now that the construction of new spaceships that will be fueled by galctium has already begun, they will all fly to other galaxies. They promised to take Alice with them on one of these trips when she grew up. In the meantime, the captains promised to bring rare animals and birds from their travels to the Moscow Zoo. Professor Seleznev said that next year he plans to go on an expedition again and very much asks Captain Poloskov and Zeleny to keep him company. Both agreed with pleasure to this proposal. And Alice already dreamed of a long journey with famous captains to other galaxies. And maybe they will agree to take her dad with them, because he admitted that the main thing in this expedition was not animals, but making new friends!

Takovo summary fantastic story Cyrus Bulycheva « girl from earth«.

The story is included in the collection "The Girl from the Earth". The story is told on behalf of Professor Seleznev.

Chapters 1 and 2

Professor Seleznev, a space biologist and employee of the Moscow zoo, promised his daughter Alice to take her on an expedition to collect rare animals if the girl did well in the second grade and did not do anything stupid. Everything was going well, but just before the holidays, Alice and her classmates stole a nugget from the school museum in order to make a lure out of it and catch a giant pike.

Fortunately, everything worked out. At the end of the 21st century, a nugget weighing 1.5 kilograms was no longer of great value. Alice's alien and terrestrial friends filled up her house with gold nuggets, and the girl's participation in the expedition was saved.

For several weeks, Professor Seleznev and the crew of the Pegasus spacecraft - the brave, courageous captain Poloskov and the gloomy red-bearded pessimist, mechanic Zelyony - were preparing for the expedition. The professor hardly saw Alice. Finally, everything needed was loaded, but Poloskov could not lift the Pegasus from the surface of the Earth - the ship turned out to be too heavy.

It turned out that Alice hid two classes of guys in the back streets of the ship so that they could get to the moon and watch the football match for the Galactic Sector Cup. Forty-three "hares" were caught, and "Pegasus" went to the moon.

Chapters 3-6

On the Moon, Professor Seleznev met his old friend, the archaeologist Gromozeka. Despite the menacing appearance - a lot of tentacles, a huge, toothy mouth and a two-meter height - Gromozeka was a kind and a little naive creature. Upon learning that Seleznev was going on an expedition for rare animals, Gromozeka told him about the planet named after the Three Captains.

Once upon a time, three captains - one from Earth, the second from Mars and the third from the planet Fix - were famous throughout the galaxy. They explored deep space and saved entire planets from space pirates. Now their paths have diverged. The first one worked on Venus, the Second disappeared somewhere, and the Third went to a neighboring galaxy. In their honor, a museum was founded on a small planet.

Gromozeka decided that Seleznev could use the diaries of captains who must have met unusual animals, and advised him to talk to the museum curator, Dr. Verkhovtsev.

On the way to the planet of the Three Captains, the Pegasus delivered the cargo to the scouts of the Minor Arcturus. The scouts said that Dr. Verkhovtsev had recently flown to them and was interested in the drawings of the Blue Gull, the ship of the Second Captain, the only one of its kind. This seemed very strange to them. In parting, the scouts gave Seleznev tadpoles - huge amphibians. In the ship, they grew to enormous sizes, and then tiny frogs hatched from them.

Finally, the Pegasus arrived on the planet of the Three Captains. Near the museum, travelers saw a huge monument depicting captains. A bird with two beaks and a crown of feathers sat on the shoulder of the First, and an unusual bush grew at the feet of the Third.

Dr. Verkhovtseff, "looking like a kind old woman" in an old-fashioned hat, did not want to show Seleznev the diaries of the captains. Trying to help Seleznev, the doctor remembered the Empty Planet, where all the animals strangely disappear; about skliss from the planet Shishineru and about singing bushes, one of which is carved on the monument. Verkhovtseff did not say anything about the bird with two beaks, did not show his diaries and assured that he had not been to the Lesser Arcturus. Seleznev decided that for some reason the doctor did not trust them.

Leaving the planet-museum, the travelers went to the eighth satellite of Aldebaran and found bushes that not only sang, begging for water, but could also walk. The smallest bush became attached to Alice. The girl watered it with compote, and during the trip the bush became completely spoiled.

Chapters 7-10

Travelers found an empty planet with difficulty - she was hiding behind a cloud of cosmic dust. The way was suggested to them by a woman who was hunting in this sector of space for a living nebula, which, according to Professor Seleznev, does not exist.

The empty planet turned out to be very mysterious. On the day of her arrival, the rivers and seas were teeming with fish, the next day the fish disappeared, but many birds appeared, then the birds were replaced by animals. Finally, Alice guessed that the Empty Planet is inhabited by one species of animals, whose representatives can turn into anyone.

The expedition then proceeded to the planet Bluk, which had the largest collector's bazaar in that sector of the galaxy. Local residents, earflaps, carefully examined the Pegasus and said that some person almost destroyed the planet. He sold worms that fed on air and multiplied rapidly, and the inhabitants of Blok almost died from suffocation. Now the Ushans have to check all the starships that have flown in from the solar system. Looking at the photograph of the criminal, the travelers recognized Dr. Verkhovtsev. The Ushans also complained that someone had exterminated their favorite birds - talkers.

The crew of the Pegasus stayed at a hotel for earthlings. There, Professor Seleznev and Alice accidentally noticed Dr. Verkhovtsev, who immediately hid from them. The porter-ushan complained about the bad behavior of this guest and gave his room number. The room was empty. Coming out of it, the travelers encountered a very fat man. The fat man said that the man who lived here had recently left and probably went to the market.

Seleznev and Alice also went to the market, where the professor got into trouble several times, confusing the sellers with the animals they were selling. Alice approached a dwarf seller who was selling invisible fish that could not even be grabbed. Seleznev thought it was a scam, but he had to pay for the fish, which the seller claimed the professor had loosened while trying to catch. Relenting, the dwarf gave Alice a weightless invisibility cap.

Then they helped an alien looking like a two-headed snake to catch an animal that had run away from her - an indicator that expressed its emotions by changing color. Seleznev wanted to buy an indicator, but the animal wanted to be presented with it, which the hostess did.

Having met a family of earflaps who wanted to buy a talker, Seleznev decided that this rare bird, which can fly among the stars, would also be useful to the Moscow Zoo. He and Alice searched the whole bazaar, bought eighteen rare animals, but did not find the talker.

Finally, they met a frightened earflap who was selling a talker. The wounded bird itself flew to him. Some elderly man in a hat, who looked very much like Dr. Verkhovtsev, was trying to force the ushan to sell him a talker. He refused, and all sorts of misfortunes rained down on him. Unable to stand it, the earflap carried the talker to the bazaar. The travelers were not afraid of trouble and bought a talker - a large bird with two beaks and a crown of feathers, similar to the one that sat on the shoulder of the First Captain.

On the way to the hotel, the bird began to speak. The travelers found out that it was the talker of the First Captain - the bird spoke in his voice. Suddenly they were found by a fat man from the hotel. Seeing the talker, he demanded it for himself and lagged behind only when he saw the policemen with earflaps. Then Dr. Verkhovtseff caught up with them and also tried to get the talker. Seleznev had to call Poloskov for help, who flew in on a boat and took them to the Pegasus.

Chapters 11 and 12

The travelers were already on the Pegasus when there was a knock on the hatch. It was a fat man. He called himself Veselchak U, apologized and gave Seleznev a very rare diamond turtle.

The team had already decided to fly for the Skliss to the planet Sheshineru, when suddenly the talker spoke again. It turned out that the First Captain gave the bird to the Second so that he would send the talker for help if it was difficult. The bird remembered everything, to the last word, and the captains knew how to make her speak. Talker spoke slowly, "Stay on course for the Medusa system." It turned out that it was there that the Second Captain got into trouble. Poloskov decided to fly to help the captain, although Zeleny predicted all kinds of trouble.

On the way, "Pegasus" still visited Sheshinera. As soon as the starship landed at the cosmodrome, miracles began - some green men entered the refrigerator on the locked ship and stole all the pineapples. It turned out that these are the inhabitants of the planet. They had invented pills that allowed them to travel to the past and the future, and now they were loitering in time. They knew that in the future Alice would intercede for them before Poloskov, so they went into the past and boldly took pineapples. The little people solemnly greeted Alice, who still did not know anything about them.

The Pegasus left Sheshinera, capturing a Skliss, which looked like a cow with long membranous wings, and turned towards the Medusa system.

Chapters 13 and 14

The Pegasus did not immediately get into the Medusa system. Poloskov received a distress signal from Shelezyak's planet. Once Shelezyaka was an ordinary planet with water, atmosphere, animals and plants, but then it was inhabited by robots from a crashed starship. The robots used up all the water and minerals, the atmosphere disappeared, and animals and plants died out. Now the robots were struck by an epidemic - they could not move.

The travelers found the robot on duty and took it to the Pegasus. Mechanic Zeleny found the cause of the epidemic: someone poured diamond chips into the lubricant of the robots.

The robot recognized the talker - this wounded bird flew to Shelezyaka from the Medusa system, and the robots replaced its wing with a prosthesis. Then a small spaceship landed on the planet, in need of repair. Its owner - a man in a hat - found out that the robots had cured and released the talker, and he was terribly angry. Then a man was seen near a storehouse with engine oil, after which the epidemic began. Evidently, here, too, Verkhovtsev was involved.

Leaving a barrel of clean lubricant for the robots, the travelers hurried to the Medusa system. The first planet of the system was full of mirages. Professor Seleznev established that mirages were created by local animals that looked like round pebbles. These animals showed everything that they saw both in reality and in the imagination of the visitors of the planet. Among the mirages, the travelers noticed Dr. Verkhovtsev and Veselchak U - they shook hands, and then argued about something. Then they saw a mirage of the Blue Gull flying away from the planet.

The talker said that it was necessary to search on the third planet, and the Pegasus went to her.

Chapters 15-18

On the third planet there were many animals and plants. There even lived a terrible bird, the Croc, the size of a small plane. She confused Alice, dressed in a yellow fluffy jumpsuit, with her chick and carried it to the nest, where the girl found a fragment of a saucer with the inscription "Blue Gull".

There are especially many flowers on the nameless planet. The talker led the travelers to a perfectly round clearing, overgrown with small grass, around which mirrored flowers grew. They brought a bouquet of these flowers to the ship. Soon, the films that made up the convex mirror cores began to die off. It turned out that the flowers recorded everything that happened around them. In the resulting “film in reverse”, Seleznev and his friends again saw Verkhovtsev and Veselchak U.

Zeleny decided to cut off a layer of films to see a more distant past, but a curious indicator pushed the mechanic under the elbow, and the flower was ruined. At this time, a roar was heard from the wardroom - someone destroyed the rest of the flowers, and the talker disappeared. Soon the bird showed up. She rolled a diamond turtle in front of her. The animal turned out to be a spy robot. It destroyed the flowers.

Chapters 19-24

Poloskov decided to transport the Pegasus to a clearing with mirror flowers. Just before the start, a ship sank near the Pegasus, from which Verkhovtseff ran out. Poloskov immediately lifted the starship and landed it in the middle of the clearing, where there were no more flowers. After landing, the Pegasus fell right into the lair of space pirates.

In the same dungeon, which looked like a huge concrete pot with a lid, stood the Second Captain's spaceship, the Blue Gull. Then the pirates appeared - Verkhovtsev and Veselchak U. For four years they tried to force the Second to leave. Now the pirates threatened that they would torture the travelers if the captain did not give them some galactia.

Before leaving the ship, the Second told his story. Long ago, three captains cleared the galaxy of pirates, but some of them survived and were waiting for an opportunity to take revenge. The captains parted, but soon the Second received a message from the Third: he was returning from a neighboring galaxy with the absolute fuel formula - galactia - which the locals had given him. The pirates intercepted the message and lured both captains into a trap. The pirates cut the ship of the Third, and it ended up in their paws. The second closed in his invulnerable starship, but managed to send a talker for help. He knew that the First would look for him - such was the agreement between them.

Having finished the story, the Second quickly jumped off the ladder and opened fire on the pirates. And then the First appeared in the dungeon, accompanied by ... another doctor Verkhovtsev.

Alice and the talker brought help. In her bag, the girl found a cap of invisibility given to her on the planet Bluk. Invisible, Alice got out of the dungeon, and a talker led her through the intricate passages. In one of the dark nooks and crannies, Alice found a grate behind which someone was moaning.

Help - First and Verkhovtsev - Alice found right near the exit. The captains quickly neutralized the pirates. The pirate disguised as Verkhovtsev turned out to be the large insect-like Rats from the dead planet Krokrys. The pirate ruined Dr. Verkhovtsev's reputation so much that he stopped trusting people. He suspected something was wrong, told everything to the First and began to follow the expedition of Seleznev, which led him to this planet. Seleznev provided the most durable cage for the Rat.

The travelers were about to leave when Alice remembered the prisoner of the underground dungeon. They turned out to be half-dead from illness and hunger Third. With great difficulty, Professor Seleznev brought him back to life.

Both spaceships were already standing on the surface of the planet when a third starship descended from the sky towards them, followed by a strange gray cloud. This was the wife of the First, who nevertheless caught a living nebula. While the nebula was being wrapped in a net, Veselchak Wu tried to escape, and was carried away by the crok bird.

The last time the travelers gathered at the lunar base. The captains decided to explore the neighboring galaxy, and Alice asked for it with them, later, when she grows up. She promised to take her father with her: "Biologists are needed in any expedition."

It was also published under the titles "The Girl from the Earth" and "Alice and the Three Captains". One of Bulychev's most popular stories has been translated into English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Hungarian, Romanian/Moldovan, Bulgarian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Chinese, Japanese, Tagalog, Greek.

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Plot

When trying to change the ship's parking lot, the Pegasus falls into an underground trap. The entire crew is captured by the pirates, but Alice manages to escape thanks to the invisibility cap. She gets to the surface, where she is met by the First Captain and ... the real Verkhovtsev. The pirates, meanwhile, are blackmailing the Second Captain. He enters the battle, the First Captain and his friends come to the rescue. The pirates are defeated, the impostor - "Verkhovtsev" - the pirate-chameleon Rats - is exposed. In the dungeon, the heroes also discover the Third Captain. It all started with him - he brought a new super-powerful fuel for ships from another galaxy. Only he and the Second Captain know the Galactia Formula, but he manages to barricade himself in his ship. And the Third falls into the hands of pirates, and they torture him to find out the formula. When they find him, the captain is already dying, but he manages to be saved.

And then the wife of the First Captain, who caught a living nebula, lands on the planet. Funny Wu manages to escape, but he falls into the clutches of a giant bird. The heroes part and promise each other to fly to the stars together again in the future.

Screen adaptation

Based on the story, Roman Kachanov shot the cartoon "The Secret of the Third Planet". In it, the plot and the number of characters were reduced: Captain Poloskov disappeared, the number of Great Captains was reduced to two, and they received the names Buran and Kim (only the name of the First Captain, Vsevolod, is named in the story). The Rat Pirate has been renamed "Gloth of Katruk". Ordinary human pirates have been replaced by robots. Several episodes that do not affect the main plot are missing from the film. Removed and the fact that the Third (in the cartoon - Second) Captain was tortured by pirates to find out the secret. The Govorun bird in the book has two beaks and a golden crown of feathers.

The rest of the adaptation follows the original.