Dagmar Bruckmayerová

Two emigrants return home to Slovakia for a few days after many years. Karol needs to get divorced because he wants to remarry happily and advantageously. Rudo is supposed to discreetly watch over him so that he does not fail. He was hired by Karol's fiancée, who wants to have everything insured. After arriving in Bratislava, the situation for both of them unexpectedly becomes complicated. The past has caught up with them...

The hero of the tale, based on Samuel Czambel's story, is banished from his home because of laziness - let him learn something in the world. Who knows how he would have turned out if he hadn't accidentally acquired four miraculous things that can make one full, overpower the enemy and make one invisible. Thanks to them, he falls into the king's favour and is about to marry a princess. But she robs him of all the miraculous things and turns him into a laughing stock. But because justice always prevails in a fairy tale, our hero finds a way to punish the princess. The old hermit's advice, strange pears and even stranger apples will help him...