THE UNUSUAL RIGANS
Gilded roosters are sitting On Riga's spire tops.
They always know Which way the wind blows.
They are forever alert, They do not close their eyes.
Any city could wish For guards like them.
All four directions Are spread out before them.
They can spot visitors Down to the horizon.
Riga's gilded roosters Glow in pride:
No other place can boast Guards like them!
This is for you... this is for Peteris... This is for me...
Here's the porridge! Where's Justins? ,
Where's Justins?
Coming!
Justins,you are late!
I know...
Perhaps today I could stand guard over Riga,just a little bit?
No,you've just hatched out.
The wind will blow you away.
But how about when I grow up?
Who knows what you'll grow up like.
Suppose you're not a gilded rooster?
But,for instance,a plain gray one?
What shall I do then? -Then you'll have to live on the earth.
On the earth...
In the barn,with the chicken.
I don't want on the earth, I don't want in the barn with the chicken!
I want to be a rooster of Riga, the chief rooster of Riga!
You'll be one,you will...
But now you must eat your breakfast porridge.
For mommy... there...
Did you see the chief...
What's this racket here, huh?
Yumm,yumm! Mew , mew !
Gimme,gimme That chicken!
Brother chicken, This is the end of you!
We will eat you, With no big rush!
You will vanish Without trace,
We will have a yummy supper.
Carnivores Have all the say here,
They can do Whatever they want.
Carnivores Have all the say here,
They can do Whatever they want.
Yumm,yumm! Mew , mew !
Acat can eat a chicken!
What are you doing here?
I live here...
I,too, could stay here for a while...
Ok,you can stay.
Warm water...
Hey, what are you doing here?
We live here.
I,too, would like to live here for a while,
just for a short while, just a little while...
What's up?
I live here!
Now I'm going to live here!
We're going to live here! - Yes,yes,yes!
Juris, wait...
We also want to go with you...
What is it?
Take me for a ride,we want to fly, too.
Riga!That's Riga!
Ouch! Ifell off! Oops!
I'd always thought Iwas a rooster, not a horse.
I'm very sorry,just a moment...
I must have landed in a dream...
For all I know ,you might me dreaming, but I'm working,surveying,watching...
But who are you then?
I'm the rooster of Riga! Can't you see?
Are you?
Yes,and I live here: this is my home!
Lookhere, rooster, if this is Riga up here,
is it Riga down there, too?
It most certainly is.
That means I,too, live in Riga!
See, down there...
Yes, Riga is down there,too, even more than up here,
for 800 hundred years already...
Riga is 800 years old!
Then I must get down there!
Hey!Where are you flying?
To achorus rehearsal!
Caw! Caw !We're late!
I see...
Can you jump from this height?
No, I can't.
And you don't know my name?
No, I don't.
Justins!
Ance. But what are you doing here?
I live here, and besides, I'm growing, growing.
Bigger and bigger,from day to day. I'm going to guard Riga.
But how shall I get down?
Down? Perhaps you could fly down?
No, I can't, I have no wings!
That's too bad.
Justins!Where are you?
Come! Come on, hurry!
Where to? - Let's go!
Justins! Come home!
He must be hiding...
You heard that? Sounds like the cockerel's gone missing.
We must grab this chance.
That little one is to be eaten, before he turns into a gilded rooster!
Catch him and eat him!That's the way!
Dearfriends and family,
How much is the buggy?
It's neither expensive nor cheap:
It's only ten lats.
Oh, no! Friends andfamily!
This buggy's too expensive!
It's neither expensive nor cheap:
It's only five lats.
Come to your senses!
How come this buggy's so expensive?
Ok,we'll give it away cheap:
For only two lats.
Did you see that? Eggs!
I'm very interested in eggs because that's where roosters hatch from.
Let's see what she's going to do with all those eggs!
Look!There's a swing! -Aswing!
What's that girl doing?
Oh-o! Oh-o!What are you doing?
We just played on the swing a little.
You must not swing here!You must not! -You must not!
Why not?
Those are Riga's roots, that's why.
Riga's roots?
But of course, there must be something to support theupper Riga.
We are root dwarfs: we tend to Riga's roots:
and these, for instance, are the roots of the old Dome church.
Look, look! What's that growing over there!?
That's... our garden of little houses.
The new Riga?
Yes, we tend to it,feed it and wash it, so it could stand firmly on the ground
when it comes to the surface.
It'll grow and won't fear rain or wind.
That's the way it has always been and will be.
I wonder if some little spire might need a gilded rooster.
Who knows what you'll grow up like.
Suppose you're not a gilded rooster? - But a plain gray one?
Justins will do fine!
I'll be a gilded rooster.The real one.
Ouiet, now they must sleep,sleep.
Sleep?
Sleep now , babies, sleep.
Go away, go.
I didn't know it was Riga down there, too!
Welcome, welcome!
Have you had your breakfast yet? -Yes, I have...
Well, I haven't, but I'll have a hearty meal soon!
Come here, goodie, come to me!
Wait!
Gotcha,gotcha!
We are the bad ones, and we live here!
I wouldn't like to live here!
Sure, no one wants those bad ones:
Everyone wants those good ones! - But the bad ones have to live too!
Are you the good or the bad one? - I'm the good one!
We eat the good ones!
I'm the bad one!
Yes,you're the bad one.
You can go, baddie, but we'll eat the goodies.
We'll eat them!
Now you're in for something bad!
You won't get away from us!
Monsters'attack is about to start!
Houses will shake, clouds of dust will rise,
The monster tribe has waken up.
One by one, monsters go after you, That's what monsters are about.
Everything that shines brightly in the sun Nowfalls into the monsters'hands!
We are the bad ones, the bad ones,
We are a gang,a gang!
We are the bad ones, the bad ones,
We are a gang,a gang!
Now you're in for something bad!
Monsters'attack is about to start!
Justins, but you are a rooster!
Am I?
You have to crow three times: then the bad ones will go away!
I can't do that yet: I'm still little.
But you haven't tried: maybe you can. Justins,you must do it.
No, I can't. -You can!
I can't! No, no!
Justins,crow!
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Crow again!
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Shut up that chicken!
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
They're all gone!
Justins,you were the true savior!
Look at me,am I starting to turn gilded?
Looks like you've soiled yourself a little.
Ance, look at me,do I shine?
I can't see anything here,
let's go out in the light, in the sunshine, and there you must start to shine.
Where's the sun:where's home?
Look,can you see something shining over there?
Ah! I've been waiting for you.
We traveled in the underground. -We got lost.
Do come in, sit down.
So many eggs!
What're you going to do with those eggs? - I save them from being eaten.
Poor eggs,they have no arms, no legs, not even a tail.
This egg was a present from my aunt on my second birthday.
That was long ago,very long ago.
We, rats, are eternal, we grow together with the city where we were born.
We, roosters, are eternal, too...
The eggs!The eggs are smashed!
That's my lost pot!
Thank you for saving us!
This is great! I've been saved!
We were looking for Riga... - Riga?
We're almost there: let's start packing!
Look,the towers of Riga!
I'm flying!
Let there be! Let there be! Let there be nests for the birds!
Let there be burrows for the beasts, And let there be houses for the people.
Let there be! Let there be! Let there be homes for everyone:
And let a rooster sit on guard, On a spire-top!
Let the fish have rivers! Let the snakes have marshes!
And let us always run into the good magician!
Let the people have houses!
And let everyone always be Happy in their homes!