Lühifilm väikesest poisist Ottost, kelle vanemate viimane lubadus jäi
täitmata - kinkida pojale kümnendaks sünnipäevaks koer. Ööl vastu tähtsat sünnipäeva, märkab Otto taevas langevat tähte ning saadab teele oma südamesoovi. Poisi üllatuseks kukub helendav objekt hoopis majatagusesse metsa. Jahmunud poiss avastab lagendikult „Sputnik 2” kosmoseraketi, mille suitsevast kapslist hüppab välja sõbralik segavereline koer, kelle kaelarihmale on kirjutatud Laika. Teades, et vanaema ei luba tal koera võtta, jääb murelik Otto Laikaga metsa. Tänu jäljekoerale leitakse Otto peagi üles. Poissi soojendanud Laika paneb aga võõraid kartes putku. Arstlikus kontrollis räägib Otto juhtunust ning tema üllatuseks selgub, et Laika nimi on kõigile teada. Järgmisel hommikul asub Otto tegutsema - internetiotsing avaldab küll kurva tõe, et Laika hukkus kosmoses, kuid poiss oli ju koera ometi näinud ning ei kavatsegi teda hätta jätta. Otto läheb Laikat otsima, kuid lagendikul ei ole enam ei raketti ega koera. Otto kleebib tänavaile otsimiskuulutusi, aga ka need ei anna tulemusi. Lõpuks nõustub vanaema Ottoga loomade varjupaika minema, et poisile uus neljajalgne sõber valida. Juhuslikult märkab parklas Otto perekonda, kes valmistub Laikaga lahkuma. Tänu vanaema otsusekindlale sekkumisele leiavad kaks sõpra lõpuks teineteist.
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A short film about a little boy, OTTO, whose parents had promised him a dog for his tenth birthday - before they suddenly passed away. When Otto sees a falling star the evening before his birthday, he wishes upon it one more time, but realises then that the bright object is falling into the forest behind his grandma's house. When the hatch of the vehicle opens, a little dog exits with the name Laika engraved on his collar. But knowing that his grandma is wary of dogs, the worried child stays in the forest with the dog. They are located soon enough, and, thanks to the dog, Otto has not even caught a cold. But Laika, frightened of the search party and its dogs, has fled. Otto is certain that the dog is the gift his parents had promised - sent from the heavens. The next morning, Otto gets to work - although an internet search reveals the sad truth that Laika had died in space, Otto is certain of what he saw, and he is not going to leave the dog to his own devices now. But Laika is no longer near Sputnik and no one responds to the leaflets left in the streets. And when Grandma takes the unhappy kid to the animal shelter, Otto almost loses his four-legged friend again, as Laika is just about to be adopted by another family. But grandma recognises the scarf she had knitted tied around the animal's neck - and it is her decisive action that allows the two friends never be apart again.
Plot 2
