leaving." "Oh, wait a minute, my dear son! A place without ice and snow is not for us", Mummy bear tries to persuade her cub. "Our wonderful white fur coat protects polar bears from cold. In the Arctic we are unnoticeable for men. The lands with no snow are too hot. And the most terrible thing about them is that every moment you can become a victim of people's avidity. Men can take a bear cub to the zoo, where the small animal will have to live in a dirty pool. A thousand of idlers will come to stare at the poor thing. Believe me, nothing good can be found there". "And what is a pool? Who are men? What can there be instead of snow in other places? All these new things are so interesting", thinks a curious polar bear cub. "I shall leave at night, when Mummy bear and Daddy are asleep", whispers the dreamer. The night is over. Snowy is in the ocean. He can see a lot of ice and water everywhere! The ocean is really great! And the polar bear cub is so small and weak! He is getting tired. He is losing sense of time. Suddenly a strange view appears in front of him. The new land is tundra. It's a cold grey plain. Snowy tries to swim along the shore. Nothing interesting can be seen there. The bear cub grows feeble and fells asleep. In a dream he sees his parents, the dancing snowflakes and ice. Even the funny "scoosh-scoosh" song is heard through the dream. But when Snowy opens his eyes a different picture is before him. Something strange can be seen in the distance. The small animal has never come across such an object! The unknown thing is floating on the water. Some words are heard, "Look that way! There's a polar bear cub! Let's save the kid!" Of course, these strange creatures are people... In a few days Snowy appears... at home, in the Arctic. His parents meet him. The snowflakes are dancing in the air. The wind is humming the usual song. Nothing better is possible in the world! Our Motherland is the best thing that we have got!