Satkuo of Novgorod is a poor Guthrie player. He played the piano and amused himself at the banquet of the rich businessmen in the city, but was driven away for calling a spade a spade. He came to the bank of Lake Ilmen to play and sing for a rest, and moved the King's daughter, Irmen. With the help of Ilmen, he won a lot of money from rich businessmen by betting, but he was not satisfied with it. So he gathered a group of heroes to travel around the world in search of the legendary bird of happiness. They went to northern Europe and India, and finally found the happy bird, but the happy bird did not bring them happiness. When they went through thousands of risks and finally returned to their hometown Novgorod, they knew that happiness was not far away.