Romania Film Presents
A Romanian-Soviet Co-Production
Maria Mirabela
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Ribbit-ribbit, ribbit-ribbit !
It’s so good, so good, That an ear is a ear,
That an elephant is big, And a bunny is small, small
That a rooster is a rooster And that a crab is a crab,
That a butterfly flies, flies, flies, And I swim into a lake.
It’s so good that the Earth, It always spins smoothly!
And the water doesn't flow, So I won't slide into an abyss!
There's one well left And a lake is cleaner.
And is reflected by the sky, sky, sky and it is star-spangled.
It’s so good, so good, Isn't it wonderful?
It’s so good when the bees and flowers meet
When the crickets in the night Sing to the stars
When the rain is playful With a few silver threads,
Bring the blue sky, sky, sky
To the sweet Earth.
It’s so good, so good, That there's water in the lake
And the cuckoo clock sings cuckoo And Croaky ribbit-ribbit-ribbit,
And if I want to, I'll fly To the Moon with a kite
And we have fairy tales, tales, tales And I'm in one of them, Croaky, that's me
It’s so good, so good, Isn't it wonderful?
Um... thousands of storks! This is Skiperich, my friend.
- Croaky... - I didn't know it was you.
Again ... What a barbaric habit, Croaky, to swallow your friends!
Forgive me, forgive me! I saw something great.
Do you want to see? Come on!
If I'm not mistaken, certainly, yes, They are our little girls.
You talk to much, Skiperich. They are our little girls, that's it.
Our little girls.
Shhhh, be quiet!
Omide... What a beautiful day, Omide!
Oh, boys, why did you scare me? You rascals...
Hello, Croaky! Bonjour!
- What's new, Skiperich? - Omide...
Easy my friend!
But did the girls recognize you, Omide?
No, they forgot me. Maria said, "What a beautiful butterfly."
And Mirabela said: "There are a lot of them around here."
They forgot me and I can't stand this!
Don't cry, don't cry! Stop crying, Omide!
- They forgot you, this is impossible. - Oh, Croaky, why can't we turn back time?
To be just like at the beginning!
Well, what has gone will not come back. We can only remember, That's it.
Then let's remember!
Ok, I'll tell. The story started with me.
It all happened once upon a time It really happened
That magical day I will never forget it!
I remember, even the proud sun It stopped in the sky, enchanted,
Because when I was at the lake Who do you think had came?
A Fairy, The Fairy of the Forest.
Ribbit-ribbit !
Spring, after the summer, autumn and after autumn, winter again.
and winter again...
It is an ordinance of nature. It must be respected.
- Thanks, Croaky! - What for, exactly?
That every child knows.
- For your gift. - But... what for, exactly?
"For what gift?" - I said.
When the frogs on this world Are good for nothing.
Ribbit, ribbit!
It's a lie that can freeze water, freeze water, freeze water...
Maria, let's play!
A frozen lake. Have you ever seen a lake frozen in the middle of summer?
- A frozen lake. - Forget the lake! Give me the ball!
A frozen frog.
He'll freeze, poor frog.
He moved his eyes. It's a real frog.
- Come on, let's play, Maria! - Let him freeze.
- Good evening, Maria! - How do you know my name is Maria?
I heard when she called you.
Mirabela, come and see a talking frog!
- Good evening, Mirabela ! -Am I dreaming? The Frog is talking.
Hmm, maybe he's some enchanted prince, yes.
I am enchanted, yes, but unfortunately, I'm not a prince. That's it.
- My name is Croaky. - What happened to you, Croaky, how did the water freeze?
A Fairy came by, drank water and said:
"Thank you for your gift, Croaky!" And then I asked:
"What gift are you talking about?" And she became very angry.
Angry, angry...
Look! I don't understand, I don't understand:
What I'm good at? I don't understand.
Maria, come on, let's go home! This is not good, no.
- Mirabela, you know what frogs are good for? - Nothing.
The bees give honey, the sheep gives wool the chickens lay eggs and frogs. they just croak.
No way! The frog should be good at something.
Maybe, but only the Fairy knows.
- Maria, come on, let's go home! - I can't leave Croaky.
Let's go to the Fairy of the Forest! - Maria, Please be serious!
We are going to the Fairy of the Forest. - I'd go myself, but I can't. That's it.
Stomp your feet, and stomp and stomp Fiercely stomp!
When two people beat the ground The rock is cracking, and the floor is cracking.
So and so and so again Until the ground shakes.
Stomp your feet, and stomp and stomp. - Croaky, Croaky, Good luck! Up one! Up two!
Up to ninety-nine
Up one ! Up two ! Up to ninety-nine
Hey hey !
Ribbet !
Up one ! Up one ! Up two ! Up two !
Up to ninety-nine
Stomp your feet, and stomp and stomp Fiercely stomp!
When two people beat the ground The rock is cracking, and the flow is cracking.
So and so and so again Until the ground shakes.
Stomp your feet, and stomp and stomp Croaky, Croaky, good luck!
Up one ! Up one ! Up two ! Up two !
Up to ninety-nine
Up one ! Up one ! Up two ! Up two ! Up to ninety-nine
Up one ! Up one ! Up two ! Up two !
Up to ninety-nine
- Croaky, Do you know where to find the Fairy of the Forest? - I know.
It's at the edge of the forest.
Let's just go home and.....
- Goodbye! I'll be back soon. - Croaky, Croaky, what a luck!
Let's go.
I'm going to the Fairy of the Forest.
Maria, wait, I'm coming with you!
Maria, what kind trouble will you get me in? Maria ... Hummm!
- Maria, do you want to do a riddle? - Yes.
Well. Look, if you win, we'll go to the Fairy of the Forest, if you don't win,
we'll go home. Okay? - Yes.
I'll take two plums ... and put them into my hands! and I'll hide them behind my back
and you have to guess in which hand the crushed plum is in.
In this one.
I'll give you another chance. You want to do it again?
Yes. Let's do it!
In this one.
- Maria, let's go home! - No, I'm going to The Fairy of the Forest.
I'll come with you.
It's starting to rain. Maria, It's starting to rain!
Maria, go slower! The Fairy of the Forest awaits us.
Wait!
Come on! How nice!
Look!
Up, big stars Down, small stars, we are glow-worms.
They are happy The snails, the hedgehogs, the crickets and the ants.
They are happy And little stars are joining on the paths
Big stars glow Little stars glow, we are glow-worms.
When everybody glows My shoes always burn
I set on fire right away, right away!
To burn, as a straw... What should I do?
Alas! What a misfortune!
That's Skiperich the glow-worm.
I'm a glow-worm without glow My name's Skiperich!
I'm Skiperich,
but I don't glow Because I can't glow!
I splash, here and there
I have stepped in water Velcro would be better
What's a glow-worm, without glow
What kind of glow-worm can't glow?
When everybody glows My shoes always burn
I set on fire right away, right away!
To burn, as a straw... What should I do?
Alas! What a misfortune!
Skiperich, Skiperich! Come here, my friend!
What? Somebody yelled?
It's me, your friend, Croaky.
Hey Croaky, these beautiful girls Who are they?
The girls, uh... We're going together to the Fairy of the Forest to ask for forgiveness.
- What happened ? - I said something stupid and...
Look what she did? My feet are frozen.
Um... I didn't understand.
- What happened, Croaky? - I have told the Fairy of the Forest
that I'm not good at anything. And she was angry and punished me.
- I'm a glow-worm without glow... - That's it...
We both need to go and see the Fairy of the Forest. Only she can help us.
I think that only the Fairy of the Forest can help me to regain my glow.
- I will turn around and go home! - Mirabela, Stay with me.
We must help them. - He's Skiperich, my friend.
Mirabela, think carefully, Mirabela!
Mirabela, I'm just a frozen frog. Mirabela, You know I'm good for nothing in this world.
Mirabela where are you?
- Skiperich, where is Mirabela? - Mirabela is a bad girl.
She's not like you at all. - Skiperich, Mirabela is not like that.
- You're a good girl. - She not bad.
- You're wrong, Maria. - Mirabela got lost.
Mirabela didn't get lost.
I'm afraid for Croaky.
Mirabela, I promise to be good.
Mirabela, be careful where you step, Mirabela !
- Mirabela, I'll tell Mom about you! - Frogs are good for nothing.
Your're finished, Croaky!
Help! Help!
Ahhh !
Maria, help!
Maria Mirabela
Two lilies with incredible eyes
Under the umbrella sky Together with their friends
It’s so good to be alive
Maria, Mirabela
Under the umbrella sky Together with their friends
It’s so good to be alive
Maria, it's not raining anymore.
Here's the ball!
Mirabela, Don't drink that water, It's not good!
- Did you just hear something? - What ?
I think I heard something.
- People are laughing. - Why are they laughing?
Because we have 1,000 feet.
Let them laugh, I'm only sorry That I don't have 1,000 mouths.
Hai-hai-hai! O-ho-ho!
- There's some food - It's good.
All vitamins, A, B, and C. This is the life we like.
To eat properly.
Look at the caterpillars!
Omide, light of my eyes...
- Princess of all caterpillars... - ... where are you?
Fear not, Your Highness daughter is here. She just took her third breakfast course.
Omide... Good and beautiful girl, Don't crush my daughter in your fist!
Return the girl to her old father! And I'm ready to fulfill your every wish.
Mirabela, be good and let Omide go to her father!
If I set her free, all the caterpillars are leaving.
Omide, my daughter!
- That's it. - Yes.
Croaky, Skiperich, what happened? Aren't you happy?
I saved the tree. New leaves will grow.
They saved the tree, but the caterpillars will die.
- How so? - They will all die of hunger.
So what can we do? Let the tree die or the caterpillars starve to death?
Caterpillars.
- But why don't you eat something tastier? - Good and beautiful girl, don't laugh at us!
What can we eat that's tastier than a tender leaf? - Flower's pollen.
Papa, nectar from flowers.
And with hot sauce.
Beautiful girl, Are you laughing at us? We're ugly and we crawl.
Shut up!
Papa, I'd be happy to tuck in the flowers nectar.
- You can have flower's pollen because you are butterflies. - Omide, my girl, but we
don't have wings to fly.
Oh, my girl!
Woe, woe, woe!
- Listen to my command: spin around... - And fly, fly!
Ah, sublime! It is charming.
You know, before I became a frog I was a little tadpole.
- I didn't know that. - Let me explain: it is some kind...
of nature or something.
After the lightning, the thunder boomed And after the thunder the rain patters
After the rain a flower is born And from a flower to the sun again.
Butterfly, butterfly...
Um, how many butterflies? how many colors?
These are silk yarns. See, Skiperich, the caterpillars are good
for something into this world too. Eh, that's the problem.
Don't mind about that now! Look!
The youngest one will be a baby. Butterfly.
The oldest one will be a grandpa. Butterfly.
And grandpa is chopping the grass And babies are running through the grass.
Butterfly...
Flap your wings And fall asleep!
Omide, what happened?
- What a misfortune, my daughter can't fly! - Oh, what a misfortune!
I fear, I have no courage. I can't fly.
I'm very sorry for poor little butterfly, but it will be too late to go to the Fairy of the Forest, dear Maria.
- I can't. - Good and beautiful girls, take her with you!
She feels sorry for her old father! Please, take her!
We are going to a very good fairy who is the Fairy of the Forest. I heard that she is very good, Omide.
Now please introduce yourself to each other! We all are going to the Fairy of the Forest.
- My name is Croaky. - How do you do, Omide!
Now can we get back to what we were doing?
- You know who that old man is? - It's Father Time, the one who keeps a good eye the time.
That's it. That's it.
What happened, Croaky? What happened, Skiperich?
What just happened? - Croaky, you know what time it is?
Skiperich, say something!
That's it. It's midnight, and we are through.
- No ! - You're right, Croaky. It is almost midnight.
My feet will remain frozen for the rest of my life then I will die.
Farewell Skipirich!
- But we don't have time. - Leave it to me, I'll talk to somebody.
- To who? - To Father Time.
Maria, come on!
- Who are you? - My name is Mirabela.
It's very beautiful name. And this is my sister Maria.
We have a very important job. - Important?
- We need to get the Fairy of the Forest. - Oh, The Fairy of the Forest.
Omide can't fly. Skiperich's shoes sets on fire and Croaky's legs are frozen.
- OK, and? - Croaky says that we don't have enough time.
- It's late and children should be sleeping by now. - But we kindly ask you.
Stop the Time for a little while! - What?
We'll run to the Fairy of the Forest and then we'll come back.
- To stop the Time? - Just a little!
We kindly ask you, Father Time! - Just a few minutes!
- Just for 5 minutes. - No way! I can't!
- We kindly ask you. for a few minutes. - I can't.
- Just for a few minutes! - I can't. No.
It would stun, you children, air, water, fire and fear and the Morning Star.
It is the order of nature as it, And Time, my dear girls, you can't stop at all.
So then why did you do something not on time You froze a lake in springtime, and that's unexpected.
How did that happen? This can only happen in a fairy tale, but in reality, no.
Well yes, the fairy tale. Can you please stay a bit?
No way, no!
Don't cry, Maria! If he doesn't want to, then That's it.
- Please go home!
We'll stay here.
May the poplar leaf sleep And the eye of the spring!
One by one.
This song is supposed to be sung as:
May the poplar leaf sleep And the eye of the spring!
Sleep all one by one. Who have never slept!
One by one.
One by one Those who have never slept.
The stars sleep in the sky. And so does mommy's worries!
Sleep all one by one. Who have never slept!
One by one, one by one Those who have never slept.
Silverhaired Father Time, you can sleep too. Because your eyes are weary!
Sleep all one by one. Who have never slept!
Maria, let's go! - I can't.
Father Time has fallen asleep on my dress. - Oh, no!
You go quickly to the Fairy of the Forest and I'll wait here.
Well. I'll be right back.
Sleep all one by one. Who have never slept!
Fairy of the Forest, I came with Croaky, Skiperich and.... Fairy of the Forest, are you sleeping?
Fairy of the Forest, are you sleeping?
They are all sleeping Everyone is sleeping.
- Maria, we are in deep trouble! - Why?
Everyone is asleep The birds and the animals.
The only ones who are awake are you and me.
- And the Fairy of the Forest? - Yes, she is sleeping as well.
What will we do?
We are in deep trouble!
- He's waking up. - Let him wake up!
- What happened? - Nothing. We were talking.
We wanted ask you a question. - Ask me a question?
Yes. We wanted to know if you can stop Time? - To stop the Time.
But we don't need to anymore. Thanks! Goodbye!
Goodbye!
Thanks!
Come on, faster! Follow me!
- But where are we going? - To the Fairy of the Forest.
Get in order!
It is an ordinance of nature. Winter, spring, summer, autumn.
Fairy of the Forest!
Maria! Mirabela! Why are you here?
You should be in bed sleeping.
Croaky's legs are freezing. Skiperich's shoes gets on fire
And Omide doesn't have the courage to fly. We are kindly asking you to help us !
Summer has caught a cold Winter has a fever.
I can't, I don't have time right now. I need to make some tea.
Hurry, hurry! I have to make tea.
And water isn't running.
- Maria, let's make tea! - But we need water.
- Let's get water! - Come on!
Leave it to me, I'll get you some water!
This water...is not good!
Mirabela, Croaky is choosing the good water. Frogs know which water is clean.
That water is good.
That's it.
This is the best water.
The ice is melting.
See Croaky, Frogs are good at something.
I am an expert. That's it.
- But how will we boil the tea? - I don't know.
Wait! I'm really good at making fires. I'll light the fire.
Alas, Skiperich's shoes are on fire! Skiperich's shoes are burning. Oh my!
Omide! You can fly.
You can fly, Omide. Omide, you can fly!
You see, Omide? You can fly.
Skiperich, I'll give you some small shoes with stones gems on them.
Ribbit-ribbit, ribbit-ribbit!
It all happened once upon a time It really happened
The evil and the storm have passed away The sky is blue again
Ribbit!
Maria, Mirabela two lilies with incredible eyes
Under the umbrella sky together with their friends
It’s so good to be alive
Maria, Mirabela Maria! Mirabela!
Under the umbrella sky together with their friends
It’s so good to be alive
Under the umbrella sky together with their friends
It’s so good, so good, it's so good To be alive!
It’s so good, so good
Maria, Mirabela two lilies with incredible eyes
Under the umbrella sky together with their friends
It’s so good to be alive
Maria, Mirabela Maria! Mirabela!
Under the umbrella sky together with their friends
It’s so good to be alive!
Under the umbrella sky together with their friends
It’s so good, so good, it’s so good To be alive!