Behind the zoo fence -- A Russian liar in Paris -- White sheep on a green mountain slope -- Round-the-globe happiness -- A storefront window of miracles -- Mimicry -- Where are you, Zoya? -- Alfredick -- Dinner with Stalin -- The Valley of Hinnom -- Mimosa flowers for grandmother's grave -- The house of Edgar Allan Poe -- Trubetskoy, Raevsky, Masha Malevich, and the death of Mayakovsky -- The bicycle race