Studio Soyuzmultfilm Stopmotion/Puppet division
Where the Little Elephant Goes
directed by Ivan Ufimtsev written by Grigoriy Oster
art directors: Leonid Shvartsman, Nikolay Titov Camera V. Sidorov
music Vladimir Shainskiy, sound Boris Filchikov, montage G. Filatova script editor Natalia Abramova
animator Sergey Olifirenko
voice artists Vsevolod Larionov (Parrot), Nadezhda Rumyantseva (Monkey), Vasiliy Livanov (Boa), Mihail Kozakov (Little Elephant)
puppets and decor M. Chesnokova, S. Etlis, M. Koltunov, P. Gusev, V. Alisov, V. Grishin, S. Znamenskaya, N. Andreyeva, O. Masainov
- Where to? There? - Yes.
- Where to now? - Over there?
What have you got here?
Nothing.
And what have you got there?
Monkey, don't you think that you're bugging me?
No, I don't think so.
Let's take the elephant calf, for instance.
Let's take him. Little Elephant!
What?
You will be 'for instance'.
For instance?
- Uhu. - All right. What do I have to do?
For instance, the elephant walks.
Walk.
- And where does he go? - Where are you going?
I don't know.
He doesn't know! And why is that?
Why?
You yourself said: Walk
So I walked. That's all.
The elephant has to walk - to that cactus, for instance.
No. I beg your pardon. I won't go there. It's prickly.
That doesn't matter. Let's suppose it isn't prickly.
No, let's not suppose that. It is prickly.
I don't play by these rules, I beg your pardon. I'm off.
Where to?
I'm simply walking. In all four directions.
That's impossible.
You cannot walk in all four directions at the same time.
Then I'll walk in one direction.
This is awful. It's scary to even think of it.
He will walk, and walk, and walk...
And walk away for good!
How?
Just like that! You'll walk away! For good. Never to return.
Then I won't go anywhere.
And he will stand here forever!
He will have to.
I don't want to be 'for instance' anymore.
Let Boa be 'for instance'.
Where is he?
Here he is.
This is the tail. And the head is over there.
Let's go to the head.
We'd better not.
It's a long way, I beg your pardon. Boa is very long
Let's instead tug at his tail,
and the head will follow.
And what about the tail? The head will crawl here. And the tail will crawl away?
No it won't. We'll hold it
All together! One, two!
So why isn't the head crawling here?
It doesn't know we're holding it by the tail.
Boa is very, very long.
Will it find out soon?
It's about time it did.
What if he got torn?
- Who? - Boa.
We're tugging at him here, and he got torn over there.
Of course he got torn
And the head knows nothing about its tail.
Here it is whole.
Here too!
Here it's also whole.
Oh! No, here it's also in one piece.
Let's try over here. One!..
Why are you tickling me?
We are not tickling you. We are checking you.
Checking what?
You. What if you tore in two?
Where?
l beg your pardon, in the middle.
We've already checked there.
He's in one piece!
Now let Boa be 'for instance'.
And I'll go. May I?
You may not.
But why?
Because he walks, and walks, and doesn't know where.
It's horrible to imagine.
Right. I'll imagine now.
You'd better not.
He walks, and walks...
Are you scared yet?
Not yet.
He walks with no purpose.
Now he'll get scared.
He walks...
Uhu. He doesn't just walk...
I know! He goes for a stroll! Goes for a stroll!
Goes for a stroll?!
I'm going for a stroll.
There's where I'm going. Going for a stroll.
And it's not scary at all.
Let us all go for a stroll!
Well, why not.
We're going for a stroll.
The End Subs ripped by Eus, edited by Niffiwan