Abridged version, "abstract" of a bear ceremony play song composed about a poor, somewhat feeble-minded boy of Little Sos′va. The hero first worked at the Russians as an agricultural wage labourer, then decided to go fishing to the Ob himself in the summer, like the independent Little Sos′va family heads. Rowing along the Little Sos′va, he reached Lokhtotkurt (lŏχ-tŏχǝt kurt) village, then from there he got to Šerkaly village situated on the opposite side. His acquaintances composed a song about his trip, and it was customary to perform it at bear ceremonies. A masked man impersonated the boy at the bear ceremony, he sang and played the plot himself, magnifying the minute everyday events with humor. The song has a very beautiful la-pentatonic tune (it is possibly of Tartar origin), and owes its popularity to this. Smolin and the others actually remarked that though the boy was more miserable than the others, no one had a song with such a beautiful tune as his.