going away». He goes to a seashore and finds a big ice floe,climbs up on it and starts out.Icefloefloatsalotofdays. Theweatherbecomeswarmer. AtlastSnowyseesaland. Overtimehegoesashore. Snowyseesagreengrass, treesandstrangeanimalsfor the first time in his life. Atoneofthetreesheobserves someone like a bear. «WhoareyouandwhereamI?», asksSnowy. «IamkoalaandmynameisFreddy. You are in Australia. And who are you? There are no animals like you in our country.», strange bear says. «My name is Snowy and I reach this place on an ice floe». Freddy says that it is very cool and offers eucalyptus leaves to eat.Little bear tastes the leaves, but they are very bitter. «Freddy, itisnottasty! Haveyougotanymeatorfish?», asksSnowy. «No, therearenootherfoodhere.», saidkoala.Snowy stays in Australia for few days, then builds a raft and goes away. Some days later he reaches China. There Snowy meets black and white bear whose name is Lee. It is a panda. They become friends and Lee tells a lot of interesting things about China. SnowyreallylikestobeinChinabuthis friend panda sleeps almost all day and little bear does not knowwhat to. He is going to travel to another place. Lee gives Snowy a big balloon which can fly anywhere. Littlebeartellsgoodbyetopandaandfliesaway. Herisesupintheairandwindcarrieshimtoa country where lives brown bears.ItisRussia. SnowymeetsbearMisha. Theybecomefriendsandhaveagoodtimetogether.But Snowy begins to miss his home, parents and tasty food. Russian polar expedition helps him to get home. Little bear swims on a ship for a long time and at last reaches native shore. Parents meet him and mother says «Snowy…it’s time to get up. You say that you want to go away from home.»«No, mother, I do not want to leave home! It’s the best place in the world!», says Snowy.