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On New Year's Eve, a brave red balloon flew away from an ordinary grey city up to the Light country. This country is a magical one: it flies in the sky and gives wings to everyone who lives there. The balloon will meet Prabu the Elephant, Jose the Dog, Ted the Bear, Mustafa the Cat, Akira the Rabbit, Zoya the Cow, Jane the Horse, Sophie the Pig, Che the Turtle and Tembe the Fish!

Sophie the Pig has a very poetical personality and falls in love very easily. At the moment she is fascinated by Ted the Bear. Even his habit of putting the paw into his mouth seems cute to her. Unfortunately, Ted pays no attention to poor Sophie! So she goes to Che the Turtle to ask for a piece of her advice.

Che the Turtle has lost something. She's been looking everywhere and turned her house upside down, but it resulted in nothing. Fortunately, Prabu the Elephant got round. He knows for sure that when you can't do anything you should stop worrying and just do nothing. The best solution to such situations is just to sit down and have a cup of tea.

Every citizen of the Light country helps others in different chores. Jane the Horse and Zoya the Cow do the laundry. Usually they really enjoy the process, but this time is different. The reason is a big dancing party that is being organized in the town! Zoya has even prepared a special dance for this occasion. So Jane tells Zoya to go to the party, while she stays in and finishes the laundry.

Jose the Dog writes a new song, but he seems to be having difficulties in finding a good rhyme. His friend, Prabu the Elephant believes that Jose must have started off on the wrong foot. Prabu thinks that finding a rhyme is easy; one just needs to understand which foot is the right one. This task, which looks so easy at the first glance, appears to be very difficult for Jose.

Tembe the Fish teaches his children to fly. There is a long way still from the most difficult task - the jump off the lighthouse. Mais, Tembe's youngest son is sure he can fly, so he climbs up the lighthouse and jumps. Tembe manages to catch him in the very nick of time and punishes him. Mais decides to leave home, but finds a suitcase with his father's first wings.