screenplay G. Sapner, G. Tsiferov director V. Kurchevskiy art director A. Speshneva
camera I. Golomb composer N. Bogoslovskiy narrator L. Lyubetskiy
sound B. Filchikov montage L. Kyaksht script editor A. Snesarev
animators Yu. Klepatskiy, Yu. Norshtein, M. Portnaya
puppets & decor V. Abakumov, P. Gusev, Ye. Darikovich, V. Kalashnikova,
L. Lyutinskaya, M. Chesnokova, supervised by R. Gurova
production director N. Bitman
studio Soyuzmultfilm
MY GREEN CROCODILE
Other crocodiles were normal crocodiles,
but this crocodile was rather strange.
He really loved flowers
And then, one day...
One day he found himself in a lovely meadow
And there, in the meadow...
...he met a beautiful cow
She said "You're a strange crocodile. Are you sniffing flowers?"
"Yes" said the crocodile
"I like them"
"Me too" said the cow
Surely if they both liked flowers and leaves...
...they could love each other
Like any lover he read poems, but in crocodile language
They loved each other very much, but nobody believed in their love
Everyone said "No, it's impossible"
"They're so different"
"Such a beautiful cow, such an ugly crocodile"
They always wanted to be together because they had so much in common -
the flowers and the leaves
But everyone said "Can't you see?"
"You're so beautiful"
"And he's so green"
"Look at him"
"What do you see in him?"
The cow thought about it
Then the autumn came
"It's all over" said the cow
"We no longer have anything in common."
"The flowers are gone. So are the leaves"
The poor crocodile didn't know what to do
"Surely love doesn't depend on flowers" he cried
"Yes, and on leaves too" answered the cow
Then the crocodile decided to turn into a green leaf
They say that the cow fell in love again
Because it doesn't matter what you look like;
If you're in love, do something beautiful
Maybe become a green leaf
THE END (subtitles - FBJ, ed. by Niffiwan)