Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography
Pilot animation studio
Present
We live in Russia.
The Russian coat of arms is the double- headed golden eagle, mighty and proud.
On its chest is St. George,
defeating an evil dragon with a silver spear.
The Russian flag has three colors:
White is the color of peace and purity,
blue is the color of the sky and hope,
and red is the color of glory and valor.
The capital of our motherland is the city of Moscow.
Our country stretches from Europe to Asia.
These two parts of the world are separated by the ancient Ural mountains.
In the southern part of the Ural Mountains
live the Bashkirs.
Their land is unusually rich in birds, river fish and other animals.
It is no coincidence that the coat of arms of Ufa - the capital of Bashkiria - features the marten.
But in times of old there were other amazing animals as well.
On the walls of the mountain caves of Shulgan-Tash, ancient people drew mammoths
and even rhinoceroses.
The Bashkirs are excellent riders,
experienced livestock breeders, and especially skilled beekeepers.
Bashkir honey is the most delicious in the world.
Probably, that is where one can find the best bees.
Their lands are also famous for their gemstones,
especially jasper.
And, of course, they tell
the most wonderful folk tales.
Each of them like a precious gem.
MOUNTAIN OF GEMS
The Orphan Fox
One stormy night, so stormy that a good dog owner wouldn't kick his dog outside...
- Hey, who's there?
- What weather!
- In a word... - Cats-and-dogs!
- Yeah!...
When winter comes, it'll be even worse...
We'll be goners!
Then, let's stick together.
Me and the hare here have stuck together for like 200 years! - Like two drops in a river!
- And when we're three... three... - Winter will go much easier!
Yeah, winter...
- It would be nice to build a house...
- To build a house would be great, only... - We don't know how!
That's how they got to know each other.
- If it keeps on like this, it won't stop raining before the rooster crows!
- Well, I'll be! - Oh!
- Oh! Where am I?
In the wood, of course.
- But how did... - ...you get here?
I'm traveling. Flying south!
I had quite enough of being a peasant's property!
Do you know, he was going to cook a rooster soup!
I've still got the hiccups from stressing over that soup!
You know what? Stay with us for the winter.
- Hey, do you know how to... - ...build a house?
- A house? Nothing could be simpler!
- Simple as an egg!
And so they began to live together...
and to prepare for the winter.
The bear built an apiary* *(bee house)
with beehives, so he could drink tea with honey in the winter.
The wolf caught fish in the river, to smoke and dry...
Pull! It's biting!
Oh, mommy!
And the rooster... the rooster guarded the vegetable garden.
Hey, comrades, why don't we buy a cow?
Yeah, a cow would be good...
Milk... - Butter...
Beef...
I've got an idea, comrades! From milk we can make butter!
Then we'll have a most delicious winter.
That's for sure...
So they decided to buy a cow.
Hey... Hare... no moping while we're away.
The hare remained behind to look after the house.
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Choked on something... Oh, wow!
They sold their whole honey harvest, and their bees -
twenty eight hives - and bought a cow.
Every morning, the wolf and the hare took the cow out to pasture.
They skimmed the cream from the milk and churned it to butter.
No, no, no!
Mmm... This butter, comrades, is best stored in the attic!
- No one must touch it! No one! This winter, we'll use it up bit by bit,
to fry... fry potatoes!
- Can we taste it just a little? - Please?
When winter comes, then we'll taste it!
Until then, no, no! And don't even ask!
Yeah... well, sure... we've got to have order.
By the end of the autumn, they had a whole pot full of this butter.
Hello, dear friends, good evening!
- Where are you.. - ...traveling to?
I am an orphan fox, left all alone in the world.
I have nowhere to go. All I possess is an empty, broken jug.
Please let me stay and live with you...
Yeah... it's hard to live alone.
That's for sure.
Me and the hare here have stuck together for like 200 years!
Like two drops in a river!
Well then, come live with us. Everyone knows, comrades...
a collective is a powerful thing!
And so the fox came to live with them.
She was very pleasant and friendly, and tried to please everyone.
Or a little gray wolf will come...
And will nip you on the tum...
Oh, always blaming the wolf...
Hey... snow...
Maybe it's already... - ...time?
To get our butter from the attic?
There's definitely no need to rush!
It's not yet winter, it is too early!
Maybe tomorrow? Could we do it tomorrow?
When tomorrow comes, we'll see...
That's how the fox found out about the butter.
Butter!
You think you'll get butter!
- Hey, is the orphan fox at home?
- She is. She is! She... um... - ...will be back soon!
Tell her to come to the badgers' name day...
...to come up with a name for the baby!
We'll definitely tell her! Don't worry!
Foxy! Someone came here to invite you to come up with a name for a badger cub.
Ah, well... I should go, then.
We'll have a name day! And butter, too!
The fox discovered a large, dry hollow in a tree
and hid the butter there.
Well, what did they treat you with?
Fried fish, pies with filling...
and melted butter!
- And what name did you... - ...give the badger cub?
Primo!
The next day the fox again said:
I was again invited to a name day!
Well, what name did you choose this time?
Medio.
And on the third day, the fox took the remainder of the butter.
- So, what name did you choose today? - Finalio.
At last, true winter came.
Hey, maybe... it is now time to start eating our butter?
- It's, er... - ...high time!!!
Now is just the time!
Hey, Foxy! Go get the butter from the attic!
Who - me?
Then the fox became sly and shifty
Oh, I haven't climbed that high in my whole life!
Oh, terrible! My legs will give way!
I can't hold on! I'm afraid I will fall!
Oh! There is no butter here!
- How's this?! - Where is our butter?
This is a mystery! - How?..
Butter...
- That butter... I... - ...I loved it so!
We must find the thief at once!
And punish him!
- Yeah, find him and punish him! Definitely! - Yeah, find him...
But how?
Let us start a great fire and lie down around it.
The one who ate our butter will have it sweating out of his belly!
Sweating? Out of his belly?
Simple as an egg!
Wake up! Wake up!
- Comrades! Look ... - What's that?
- So, it turns out that... - Look!
That's who ate our butter!
Huh? How did that happen?
Help... Help me...
I didn't eat our...
your butter!
Didn't you? Didn't you?! What's this then?
Here it is, our butter! - No, I did not eat the butter! Believe me, brothers!
Something is not right here...
We should verify again!
No need to check again! It is obvious... No need to check anything...
Everything should always be double checked! Definitely!
...Everybody to the fire!
Really, I did not eat our... your butter!
Uh-huh!
Oh, shoot!
What is this? I don't think I ate any...
Didn't I tell you! That's who ate our butter!
How can this be?
Tomorrow morning, bear,
you must leave our house!
We don't want any thieves here.
For what?.. I did not eat it... I'm like a stranger among friends...
Shhh!
- Let's go!
Shh!
Get away from our house! Come on, get out of here!
Get out of here! You and your habit... of stealing our butter...
Look at that!
I'll go clean away the snow!
- We'll go too... - To chop wood!
Where? Where is it? My butter was right here!
Oh! Ouch! Ouch!
- Oh! That hurts!
- Bite her! - Sting her!
That's how the fox was punished,
that sly and greedy fox.
directed by Sergey Gordeyev written by Aleksandr Tatarskiy, Georgiy Zakolodyazhnyy
art director Yelena Kosareva artistic supervisor Aleksandr Tatarskiy music Yelena Kosareva
sound Yekaterina Zhelezkova voice artists Aleksandr Lenkov, Sergey Batalov, Stanislav Strelkov,
Aleksey Batalov (introduction), Valeriy Chiglyayev, Vladimir Shulga animators Ye. Sumilova, S. Ogurtsov
A. Popov, D. Suhomlin, V. Poilov executive producer Igor Gelashvili
Ass. dir Oksana Fomushkina
Intro Sergey Merinov & team
The End Subs by Niffiwan, a revision of earlier subs by Eus, Mountain of Gems,
~bublik~'s russian subs, & Zhurka75's translation
Pilot & Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography, 2004