Seventh-grader Ilham comes on vacation to a mountain village to visit relatives. Seriously, but on the most fundamental issues of life, the boy does not find a common language with the staid, extremely self-respecting Uncle Azim. He meets the sorcerer Hamrakula-buva, who sacredly protects an old tree from death, on which, back in the thirties (the childhood years of his son, who did not return from the war), the children organized the headquarters of the Timur team. Ilham understands the old man well, helps him take care of the tree, bring out a new variety of blue rose, which his son dreamed of growing, and does not consider him a sorcerer at all.…
For many years the great Emir of Bukhara has not known happiness - he has lost the taste to delightful khalva, and now life is as sour as a lemon for him. The house of poor pot-maker Shir-Mamed, however, is full of happiness - his little son Hodzha Nasreddin has been born. Rumours have spread about his unusual abilities - maybe he will be able to make the Emir happy again?