Alenkiy Tsvetochek plot
Before setting out on a journey abroad, a merchant father asks his three daughters what they would like him to bring back for them. The eldest asks for a shining tiara, the middle one asks for a frame that will make her face look young forever, and the youngest (Nastenka) asks her father to bring her a beautiful scarlet flower, such as she has seen in her dreams. Her older sisters laugh at this simple request. The father's journey is successful and he finds everything he came for, except for Nastenka's scarlet flower. Nevertheless, the ship sets sail and they begin to sail back while the father scours the land around him for a scarlet flower.