The Little Bear Cub and the One Who Lives in the River
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What do you think,
where is that little bear cub going,
alone and without his mum?
I don't know.
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Tra la la la la la la.... la la la la la.
Tra ta tam, tra ta tam, ti ta ti ta tam...
Hello, Grandpa Hedgehog.
O-oh!
Hello, little bear cub.
Where are you going, all alone?
To get some flowers.
It's my mum's birthday today,
and I've decided to give her flowers.
They grow over there, across the river.
Are you not afraid?
Nah, I'm not afraid. Tra la la la la la la la la la la...
Well, go on, go on... "Tra la la la la la la"...
Tra la la la la la la... la la la la.
O... oh.
Oh!
W... who are you scared of?
I wasn't scared. I tripped.
Aah.
And where are you going, all by yourself?
To get flowers, they're on the other side of the river.
The other side of the river?
Are you not afraid of him?
Who should I be afraid of?
The one who lives in the river.
"The one who lives in the river"?
Nah, I'm not afraid.
Tra la la la la la la la la la...
Tra la la la la la la la la...
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You tripped again?
N... no, I got scared...
...of the one who lives in the river.
Aah.
I can't get to the other side now.
You should...
...take a big stick, go back,
and show him that you've got a big stick!
Oh, uh...
Hey, hey... what's wrong,
little bear cub?
I got scared of the one who lives in the river.
All right, all right... so why are you crying?
I was so excited to give my mum flowers! Oh...
I don't know how to get to the other side of the river.
I know how. You should go
and smile at the one who lives in the river.
Just smile - and nothing else.
Are you sure that's enough?
Yeah, I'm sure.
Hurrah!
Now he's gonna be friends with me!
Now I'll go to the other side!
Tra la la la la la la la...
Ooh!
Your mum's probably never received such beautiful flowers.
She's going to be delighted.
I can go to the other side of the river whenever I want, now,
all by myself. - Oh?
I'm no longer afraid of the one who lives in the river.
I know.
He's not bad at all,
the one who lives in the river.
I know.
Tell me,
just who is it that lives in the river?
Fine, I'll ask my mum!
screenwriter Vladimir Kapustyan director Alla Grachyova
art director Aleksandr Lavrov music Boris Buyevskiy
camera Anatoliy Gavrilov script editor Tadeush Pavlenko sound Irina Chefranova
voices Aleksey Gribov, Mariya Vinogradova, Klara Rumyanova
animators V. Bayev, Vitaliy Bobrov, Alla Grachyova,
Aleksandr Davydov, Vladimir Dakhno, Boris Hranevich, Nina Churilova
Artistic Collective for Fictive Animation of the Kiev Studio of Popular Science Films, 1966
Subs by Eus (Dec 2024), ed. Niffiwan (Jul 2025)
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