Prosypatsya utrom i obnaruzhivat, chto prozhivaesh dni v obratnom poryadke, - shtuka poserezney "Dnya surka"! Shestiklassnik Gleb Elizarov vsego lish natsarapal na drevney stene datu "23.05.2013" - i otpravilsya s paroy odnoklassnikov snachala v 22 maya, a zatem v 21-e, 20-e, 19-e...
Nedavno pereshedshiy v novuyu shkolu Gleb, uvalen-otlichnik Yura Karasev i pogryazshaya v domashnih delah Lena Zyuzina vidyat v povtorenii vcherashnih i pozavcherashnih sobytiy koe-kakie plyusy. Mozhno perepisat itogovuyu kontrolnuyu, uklonitsya ot draki s huliganom ili dazhe bez ugryzeniy sovesti spustit vse karmannye dengi na ugoschenie - ved utrom kupyury i monety snova okazhutsya v koshelke!
No chem dalshe shkolniki ot 23 maya, tem slabee nadezhda vernutsya nazad v buduschee - da i kak steret nadpis, kotoruyu sdelaesh tolko cherez nedelyu? Ekskursiya k arheologicheskoy nahodke, yakoby otnosyascheysya k tsivilizatsii mayya, stala dlya troih rebyat nachalom priklyucheniya, rasskaz o kotorom ne ubedit ni odnogo vzroslogo. Ili vse zhe naydetsya tot, kto im poverit?