Skvoz lYogkiy blesk vostochnoy skazki Vilgelm Gauf provodit put Malenkogo Muka ot naivnyih poiskov schastya do mudrogo odinochestva. Zdes volshebstvo perepletaetsya s ironiey, a chudesa sluzhat zerkalom chelovecheskih slabostey. V prostote rasskaza mudrost vekov, v ulyibke avtora dobrota i pronitsatelnost, delayuschie etu istoriyu bessmertnoy.