Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography
Pilot animation studio
Present
We live in Russia.
On the Russian state emblem you can see a golden two-headed eagle, powerful and majestic.
St.George slaying the dragon with a silver lance...
...is mounted on the eagle's chest.
The Russian flag is a tricolour.
Moscow is the capital of Russia,
...the biggest country in the world.
Many different folks live in its vastness.
And every folk has its own customs and traditions.
Since the olden times brave and hard-working Tatars...
...live on the banks of the Volga-river.
A snow leopard with wings is the emblem of Tatarstan.
The capital of Tatarstan is the ancient city of Kazan.
There is a kremlin with the famous Sцyembikд Tower in the centre of Kazan.
Tatars cherish their traditions and preserve the ancient crafts.
They know how to work hard and how to have fun.
The oldest Tatar holiday is called Sabantuy.
It is celebrated with joyful sporting competitions,
...songs and dances.
And certainly it's the best time...
...to tell wonderful folk tales.
And every tale is like a gem.
Everybody knows that once upon a time...
...there lived a khan...
«Dream interpretation»
...and this khan was a kind and fair ruler.
But one day...
One day...
...he had a dream that he became a donkey.
- What happened, my Lord?! -- asked hir vizir.
- Oh heavens! I saw a terrible dream.
- Your fears will abate! He-he-he!...
...Nothing bad can happen to the great knah, can it?!!
We must admit, this vizir was...
...a dishonest man who used to steal from the khan...
...everything he caught the sight of.
The night was dark, and the vizir...
...was awake: he was waiting for the messenger.
- Have you brought me what I told you!
- Indeed I have! My Lord!
- Here is your reward.
- For your service! Oh-oh!
Messenger (at the fountain): - Oh! Good! Oh!
The morning broke. The khan woke up.
And the day began as usual.
A guest from far away has arrived!
- A great man of wisdom has come from India!
...A famous dream-reader!
- Hurry, hurry to get to know what...
...your dreams mean! Ask the man of wisdom!
...Only today! Learn the true meaning of your dreams!
...Come here! Learn the true meaning of your dreams!
The next night the khan saw the same...
...the same sinister dream.
And the khan thought of the dream-reader.
The khan decided to disguise himself as a man from the street, go to the city...
...and ask the wise man what all those strange dreams mean.
- Hurry to ask the man of wisdom. Only today!
...Learn the true meaning of your dreams!
- Goh, Russian honey!
- Come here! Hurry to learn...
- Apples! Apples! Apples!
...the true meaning of your dreams!
- And here comes the great man of wisdom from India!
- Oh I know, said the wise man: - What your dream means!
- A great disaster awaits you you'll become a donkey!
And the only way to help you...
...is to steal something!
- To steal something? But I'm an honest man,
...I don't know how to steal!
- If you don't You'll become a donkey! A donkey!
...You'll become a donkey!
And the khan looks around:
...some boys are stealing from the market.
And even an elephant is not above this.
So he decided to steal the biggest melon.
- Oh! Devil!
...Why would you grab my head?!
- Hey good man, buy this chicken.
- Don't bother me with your chicken!
- May be I can steal something from the basket?
And once again he didn't succeed!
And the night fell, and the market closed down.
The khan was sad.
- I'm bound to become a donkey.
- Good man, buy the chicken! I've got no food for my children!
- Don't bother me with your chicken!
- What do you want, stranger?
- Good man, buy a chicken?
- A chicken?
...What a savory one!
...Hold on, I'll bring the money.
- I'm waiting
- Ah!?
- Huh?!
- Hey, where's my money? Hey, sir!
- No money for you! Your chicken is gone, flew away! Ha-ha!!!
- Do chickens even fly?!
- You bet they do!
- You rascal! Give me my chicken back!
- Go away! If not, I'll let the dogs loose!
- Oh! He fooled me!
- Why are you doing here, good man?
- Ill fate awaits me!
...If I don't steal something I'll turn into a donkey! The wise man said so.
And they decided to steal the chicken...
... from the dishonest rich man.
...To steal their own chicken!
At that exact moment the vizir visiting...
...the rich man was finishing the chicken!
- Here you go!
And the vizir says to the rich man.
- Tomorrow there will be a great feast at khan's. Many guests will be visiting...
and you will discreetly pour him this poison.
...And the khan turns into a donkey.
- And then I will become the khan myself!
...And you, my rich friend, will be my vizir!
- Ill fate! Ill fate awaits our...
- What?
...Our dear khan!
...The vizir wants to poison him and turn him into a donkey!
...We must warn our lord!
- Yes! We'll see each other tomorrow at the palace and tell him everything!
- Hup, no, not this way! - Not this way!
- Wow!... Hoh!
And there was a big feast at the palace!
And many guests came!
The hideous vizir and the rich man were waiting...
...for the suitable moment to pour the poison!
And suddenly the smith realised that the man he'd met the day before was the great khan!
And The khan put his cup down and ordered to let the smith in!
- Oh have mercy, great khan! I didn't know that it was you, my lord!
- Come in and be my honored guest.
...Here is your bait. Ha-ha-ha!
- Thank you.
While the vizir and the rich man...
...were pouring their terrible poison...
...to the khan's cup and they did it!
The khan seated his friend at his right hand.
And suddenly he looks into his cup and sees the poison!
- Your wish is my command!
- Yep!
- Oh devil!
And the wise mandistracted the attention...
...of the hideous vizir while...
...the clever elephant swapped the cups.
- Here it comes! - thinks the rascal!
...the khan will now turn into a donkey...
...almost there! Now! What!?
And now we'll turn...
...now we'll turn...
...we'll... Hee-haw! We'll be.. Hee-haw!
Indeed, it panned out...
...not at all the way they expected.
And since that day the khan reigned fairly and truly for many years on.
And the smith became his vizir...
and got a new chicken!