Kornei Chukovsky: THE WASH_STAND (MYODODYR) Scenario I(van Ivanov-)Vano
Directed by I. Vano (ass: A Bergengrin) Art A Trusov (Tech ass V Sveshinkova) Music N Bogoslovskiy
Animators: M Botov, B Dezhkin, B Petin F Epifanova, V Lalayants, L Pozdneyev, L Peztsova, sound S renskiy, camera D Karetnyj
Every morning, bright and early, All the little mice go washing,
And the kittens, and the ducklings, And the ants and spiders, too.
Kuka - re - ku!
All but you have washed this morning Black and dirty you're remaining
- Ah-ah! .. Ah-ah! Oh...
What has happened? What's the matter?
What’s the reason For this rout?
What a tumult, What a clatter!
Has the world turned inside out?
Mother’s irons chased the dippers, While the bird-cage chased the slipper
and the slippers chased the nippers and the poker chased the toys
What a tumult, what a racket, what a horrid, horrid noise!
“Oh, you nasty little slacker! ' Oh, you naughty little squirt!
There’s no chimney-sweep who’s blacker, There’s no pig as fond of dirt!
Take a look into the mirror.
See the ink spots on your nose? And your neck, your dirty fingers,
Never wash them, I suppose?
So no wonder even socks Couldn’t stand a sight so shocking.
Every morning, bright and early, All the little mice go washing,
And the kittens, and the ducklings, And the ants and spiders, too.
All but you have washed this morning, Cleaned their teeth and brushed their hair.
You’re the only dirty devil, So you’ve nothing left to wear!
I’m great and famous wash-stand, Wash ’Em Clean that is my name.
I command the other wash-stands, I have troops of sponges tame!
If I bring my foot down hard, All the soldiers I command
Will come rushing bang and boom! They will start to snort and howl,
They will stamp their feet and growl. Though it won’t be quite a whipping,
You’ll be scrubbed until you gleam,
And a dipping! ! And a dipping, They will give you in the stream!
(Then he smote his bowl of brass, ) (And he cried:) “Kara-baras!”
To escape the raging sponge, In the ocean I could plunge
For it wouldn’t let me be, Everywhere it followed me.
“This is simply a disgrace,” “You go home and wash your face,”
“If you don’t, I’ll beat you up,” "If you don’t, I'll eat you up!”
There’s my picture-book returning,
All my books, some small, some big,
And the grammar began dancing with the bold arithmetic.
“That's a darling! Now you’re splendid, Now that all your ways have mended,
All your nasty habits ended, Now you look a decent child!”
Every moming, every evening, We must play the washing game,
And to those, Who’re always dirty —
Lasting shame! Lasting shame!
Hurray for soap and sponges!
Hurray for towels and lots of foam!
Hurray for tooth-paste, white and tasty!
Hurray for my own brush and comb!
And to chimney sweeps, Who’re always dirty —
Lasting shame!
- Lasting shame!
Translated by Eus using the 1939 E Felgenhauer picturebook, after Pepi's Russian subs by Bornik@KG
SOYUZMULTFILM, Moscow 1939