DAGO Film Studio presents
Based on a song and drawings by Sofya Milkina
CATS IN THE RAIN
Once upon a rainy evening,
In a terrible mood,
We happened to stop by Kukuli village.
There, a little river flowed,
And a wee old lady lived;
We came up to the river quietly.
Standing on little boulder,
The old lady was a-fishing,
Was a-fishing there With fishnets and with rod.
...And with rod!
Behind her, along the path, All lined up, waiting for food,
Cats were walking, walking, walking in the rain!
Meow! Meow! Meow! Meow!
Maow!
The old lady's voice then sounded:
"You should go and drink some milk!"
"You can see - the fish aren't biting, not at all, not at all!"
But in answer, the cats turned, Winked as one at the old lady,
And they yelled: "That silly number won't fool us, won't fool us!
In the river there are pike, gudgeon, perch...
Cats have a crazy appetite! ...Appetite!
"Just attend to your own fishing; There's a catfish that you're missing!"
"We're about to starve today!"
The old lady cursed As she looked back at the cats,
But then, an enormous catfish pulled the line! ...Pulled the line!
The old lady slipped and fell From that rock into the water,
And she screamed: "Help! Save me!"
The black cat, raising his paw, screamed: "Save the old woman!"
All at once, into the water Rushed the cats! ...rushed the cats!
"Although we cannot stand water, We will still help the old lady!"
"We're not leaving an old friend in trouble!"
And then, on a rainy evening, In a warm house by the river,
A bright candle lit up on the table.
The kettle was boiling on the stove, No one was near the river now,
Everyone was gathered under the roof in the warmth.
There, four toms and seven queens Were drying themselves bit by bit,
And not taking their greedy eyes off the cook! ...off the cook!
The old lady was drying up, too, Stirring the food in the pot,
And our story is now coming to its end!
Everyone is full and tired,
Drifting off, or maybe sleeping,
And now silence did descend upon the house.
Only the rain hammered the window,
And the cats gently snored,
As the old lady near the window washed the bowls...
The cartoon was conceived by Mihail Shveytser and Sofya Milkina
Screenwriter, director, artist and animator: Alexey Dyomin.
Song author and performer: Sofya Milkina Music by her and Yuriy Pryalkin
Camera: Georgiy Krinitsky, Dmitriy Kozyrenko
Sound: Nikolay Smirnov, Yuliy Yagudin
Montage: Nadezhda Tereshcheva, Vladimir Potamoshnev
Administrative group: Olga Kurenkova, Yelena Orlova, Aleksandr Zhulepov
Producers: Dmitriy Yurkov, Mariya Solovyova
Film processing: "Salamander" group
The film crew is grateful for the help of: Viktoriya Shveytser, Yuriy Norshteyn, Iosif Boyarsky, Yelena Podolskaya
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