Young boy Mitya visits his great aunt, the witch Baba Yaga, to deliver her a present from his grandmother. On the way through the forest lurks Likho and makes him fall but does not pursue him further. Baba Yaga's neighbor, the swamp Kikimora, soon arrives, and together they gaze in the Chinese magic mirror and observe what is going on in the Tsarist kingdom. The good Tsar Makar suffers from the strict rules imposed on him; he would like to clean the floor or even drive the manure wagon, but the strict scribe Chumichka does not allow him that. At the meeting with the Council of the Tsar, the Tsar learns that the wise Vasilisa has sent him a magic ball as a gift, but Chumichka denies that such a gift has arrived. The magic ball is found in the scribe's hat, which causes him to be thrown out of town for theft. He vows to free Koschei in revenge against the Tsar. The image of the magic dish turns red, because a three-headed dragon has awakened, thus cutting the connection. Mitya and Baba Yaga decide to tell the Tsar about the scribe's plan and travel to the Tsar kingdom on a magic stove - without any water supply, as Mitya accidentally filled goat's water into the drinking bottle, which turns every drinker into a goat.