Bayky Hryhoriya Skovorody-tse filosofs′ki miniatyury,rozmysly pro srodnu pratsyu,shastya ta vdyachnist′,yaka maye napovnyuvaty kozhnu myt′ zhyttya mudroyi lyudyny.Ale nasampered tse dobri y kumedni opovidky pro tvaryn,yaki chytruyut′, ledaryuyut′,boyat′sya i derut′ nosa,yak spravzhni lyudy.Heroyi bayok pokazhut′,yak vazhlyvo bachyty ne til′ky zovnishnyu,a y vnutrishnyu sut′ rechey,bratysya za tu spravu,do yakoyi mayesh zdibnosti,ne obmanyuvaty inshych i tsinuvaty chas. Bayky uporyadkuvav i dbaylyvo adaptuvav dlya malyat odyn iz naykraschych znavtsiv tvorchosti Hryhoriya Skovorody-profesor Leonid Ushkalov,a proilyustruvav Inokentiy Korshunov,yakyy vdalo poyednav starovynu y suchasnist′,ozhyvyvshy personazhiv. Obrazy,stvoreni chudozhnykom, neodminno vyklychut′ u chytatcha usmishku.