Roman u slovakh i malyunkakh Brayana Selznika Paryzh, 1931 rik. Khlopchyk, na imʺya Hyuho Kabre, ryatuye zi z·horiloho muzeyu avtomaton — mekhanichnu lyalʹku, yaka vmiye pysaty ta yaku vony z batʹkom ranishe namahalysya vidremontuvaty. Teper yunak spodivayetʹsya zavershyty spravu tata y polahodyty avtomaton, adzhe virytʹ, shcho batʹko zaprohramuvav yoho na nove poslannya, pryznachene dlya syna. Utim, vyyavlyayetʹsya, shcho tsey avtomaton ne pyshe, a stvoryuye malyunky. I pislya tsʹoho Hyuho opynyayetʹsya u vyri podiy, yaki dopomozhutʹ vidshukaty yomu spravzhnʹoho vlasnyka zobrazhennya ta bezlichi tayemnytsʹ, shcho prykhovuye tsey malyunok.