SOYUZMULTFILM, 1950
FOX THE BUILDER Based on a fable by I. A. Krylov
written by Semyon Nagornyy directed by Panteleymon Sazonov
art director Syuzanna Byalkovskaya composer Iosif Kovner
camera Anatoliy Velikohatko sound Nikolay Prilutskiy
assistant artist G. Brashishkitye assistant director G. Brodskaya
animators: Tatyana Fyodorova, Lidiya Peztsova, Mihail Botov, Vadim Dolgikh, Igor Podgorskiy, Yuriy Prytkov, Fyodor Hitruk
background artists Olga Gimmerling, Irina Svetlitsa
There was a lion who was fond of keeping hens.
However, the lion's hens weren't thriving,
Which was not too surprising, as there was easy access to their pens.
Snatched they could be, Or else the hens themselves could flee.
Income: ________ Expenses: 6 hens lost
Income: _________ Expenses: 26 hens lost
Income: ____________ Expenses: many hens lost
Income: ________ Expenses: 12 hens lost
Income: ________ Expenses: 6 hens lost
A big hen yard is what I need to build!
It must be made so strong that, to be brief, It would dishearten any thief.
Submit proposals for a new hen yard here. --Donkey
Project by Ram
Fox Is a master builder - see this box...
Oh!
This is good!
She is a master!
The fox was thus assigned the job to build the yard.
It was begun at once, and soon was built and barred.
The yard has everything that one could need!
Food close at hand,
Nice perches stick out from all corners.
A cozy place to hide from summer heat!
Snug nesting boxes, over here, for brooding hens.
With diligence and skill I built all this!
Outstanding!
A true feast for the eyes it is!
Oh honored fox, accept our praise!
Reward her richly - we shan't be remiss!
Move all the hens to their new yard with no delays!
Millet
What did we gain with our yard newer?
Nought. Though the fence seems strongly built, Sky-high, defended to the hilt,
Yet with each day our hens are fewer. Expenses: many hens lost
What is the cause? I cannot understand it.
We need to guard the hens!
That's right! You go and do it.
Why, it's that fox, the villain!
It's bad when you don't have a clue whom you can trust to work for you!
THE END Translation by Niffiwan, Timings by Zhurka75 & Eus