going away”, - he adds hushfully. His mother wants to stop him again and again, but Snowy is very stubborn.

Now he is on his way. The weather is very beautiful. It isn't very cold. This place looks like as a fairy-tale. It's wonderful everywhere. But the beauty of nature doesn't attract Snowy, especially, the snowflakes' dancing, its beautiful singing and wonderful ice. He prefers something different, but he doesn't know what. That's why he wants to go away from his motherland.

It seems, this way will be very easy, but the road was very long and mysterious. He could see the endless road, all white, white and white... Snowy was interested in this enigma very much. Also he has already been walking eight hours, but he couldn't find the solution.

Soon he was very hungry. He wanted to eat. Snowy was looking for some food, but there was nothing to eat. He began to remember his mother's tasty milk, how she wanted to stop him showing some beautiful things in their birthplace. He began to miss them, but he did not notice how he went farther. Dreaming Snowy lost his way and he got a terrible fright. Soon he didn't know what to do. He was so far from his house. The bear cub thought: “If I go back I'll not find my way home. So I'll have never seen my parents”. He began to cry: “Aph, aph, aph…”

Suddenly he heard some sounds: «Don't cry, be quiet». It was a cool snowflake's voice. It was sitting in his small black nose and smiling him: «You're a good boy. If you take your parents advice, it'll be OK». There was a smile in Snowy's face. When the snowflake disappeared, Snowy was sad, but he tried to be brave. He wanted his mother to take him home.

Besides, there was a big ice in the centre of the northern Arctic. Snowy saw it and went there. He was tired very much, sat down quickly and fell asleep. In his sweet sleep he saw his loving mother. She was sad, she had lost Snowy. Of course, he saw the bears cubs, which hadn't got their parents. They were crying and singing this songs:

I sail by white ship.

To the Green Earth alone

By white ship, by white ship

To my native favourite town.

I am afraid of nor waves or wind.

I'm sailing to my only Mummy all over the world.

I'm sailing through the waves and wind.

I'm sailing to my only Mummy all over the world.

I want to reach my land.

“I am here. I came”,-I'll cry her.

“I want to have a happy end.”

Let her hear, let her come

Let her immediately find me.

It isn't in our world

The children are lost a lot!

At this moment his mother was walking after him. She loves her son very much. She knows all children like to be capricious. They need some time to understand the purport of life. When Snowy was in deep sleep, she took him home. As soon as Snowy woke up he saw his mother and the table, which was full of fish, he was very happy and cried: «My dear mummy, my dear daddy, you are the best. I love you very much. I will never go away, never forget you! This place is wonderful. It is the best place in the world. I will never exchange it for something. I was born here. I will love my motherland, my birthplace.» His parents smiled warmly and said: “There is no place like home”.

Now they are a very happy family. Snowy is already big. He is clever, strong, quiet and dutiful. Now his mummy and daddy are proud of their son.