SAMOYED BOY
screenwriters, directors, artists: Nikolay Hodatayev & Olga Hodatayeva Valentina & Zinaida Brumberg
animation artist V. Semyonov
Sovkino (3rd factory) 1928
Mama, look - But don't be scared!
I, Chu, killed A great big bear!
In the biggest teepee here, Lives the shaman whom all fear!
Greedy, though, this shaman is - Pockets all, as if it's his!
Chu, to feed his family, Served the shaman faithfully.
To make the idol walk and breathe Chu would move it with his feet.
Thus the shaman fooled his tribe, Bringing miracles to life.
Chu's reminded of his bear And to take revenge does swear!
Now I, Chu, have made you pay 'Cause you took my bear away!
And the shaman laughed himself sore, Seeing that Chu will be no more!
From this icy, snowy land Chu has left for Leningrad!
Our Samoyed boy's no dunce, Into college enrolls at once!
College for the Northern Peoples
Though the years passed, took their course, Chu did not forget the North.
THE END
Subtitles by FBJ, edited by Niffiwan (Sept. 2021)