Once, frightened parents with a 7-year-old boy came to my appointment with a complaint about the sudden appearance of a birthmark on the child's body. In the process of communication and examination of the young patient, it became clear that the day before the family was relaxing in nature, and this "mole" has small paws. The parents began to panic at the word "tick", questions poured in, and the child, who could not understand anything, asked: "Can he drink all my blood?". After calming down the worried parents and the boy, we removed the tick and advised on the next steps.