12-year-old Anatol lives with his family and three siblings in the small Siberian village of Swerkos. The small farm that his family runs is just enough to live on, but not for the expensive medicines of the seriously ill Mikosch, Anatol's little brother. To support the family, Anatol would go moose hunting with his father on his 13th birthday. But they had no luck. A few days later it should succeed. Yes, he had seen a moose, but this one was strange...