Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography
Pilot animation studio
Present
We live in Russia.
On the Russian state emblem you can see...
...a golden two-headed eagle, powerful and majestic.
St.George slaying the dragon with a silver lance...
...is mounted on the eagle's chest.
The Russian flag is a tricolour.
White, blue and red.
Moscow is the capital of Russia,
...the biggest country in the world.
It is so big and full of thick forests,
...wide steppes, deep seas and high mountains.
And the highest of them are called...
...the Caucasus Mountains.
And where the mountains go down to the warm...
...Caspian sea there lies the Republic of Dagestan.
More than forty different peoples live there.
Avars, Lezgians and Dargins among them.
Dargins make the best sabers...
and daggers adorned with silver and gold.
Lesgians shepherd the sheep in the high mountains,
...make warm cloaks from fleece...
and weave beautiful carpets.
While Avars are famous for their skills in metal...
...embossing and marvellous wood and stone engraving.
All the peoples of Dagestan celebrate the Spring Day.
During this holiday all the fires and torches are lit up...
and the people wear scary and funny masks of felted cloth.
And in the evening they tell...
...wonderful stories from ancient times.
And every story is like a gem.
- Hey, let me go, you filthy bird! Hey!
...Ah!!! Hold me tight! ...Hold me! Ah-a-a!!!
- Ah-a-a!!!
Once upon a time in a small highland village...
...there lived a man whose name was Shejdulla.
And he was such a slug that his laziness...
«Shejdulla the slug»
...was beyond description.
- Hush!
...Shh! Hush! Come on!
- Tsob-tsobe, tsob-tsobe, tsob-tsobe...
- So...
- Tsob-tsobe, tsob-tsobe...
- So, Shejdulla! Are the sheep safe?
- Look, they are safe. Almost. - At least you've done something worthy, lazybones!
- May be you could fix the basket?
...You promised to do so 6 months ago...
- The basket?
...Nah, I don't feel like fixing anything...
...Huh! ...This will do!
- Here you go.
- Really, have you fixed it?!
- Oh-oh-oh, devil!
...Grab it, grab it! Catch it!
...Oh-oh-oh...
...Oh-ah-oh!!!
- How come you've fixed it, haven't you? You lazybones!
...Go feed the bulls! You useless man!!!
- Oooh... Ah...
...Go feed the bulls she said.
- Oh, where is it? Ah? I'm tired already!
...Ah that will do!
- Be quiet! Don't disturb me!
...Huh? Oh! What have I done?!
...Keep an eye on the baby...
...while I'm making the dough!
- Keep quiet! Hey, don't you distract me.
- Oh my! What have you done!
...You're a disaster What shall I do?!
...Go chop some wood for the furnace.
- Chop... the wood...
...Oh, I don't feel like chopping.
...It will burn anyway.
- Ah-a-a!
- Oh, fire!!! We're on fire!
...Why are you standing here, lazy fool,
...run for water!
Oh devil!!!
...God gave me this husband as a punishment.
...Oh help! Everything is on fire! Help, help!
- Oh no!
...Ah-ah everything is on fire,
...everything is burning!
- My grandma used to tell me that far away,
...in the mountains high there lives a wise mage.
...May be he can teach you...
...how to live your life, lazy fool!
- Oh it's cold...
- Oh, I don't feel like...
- Uh-uh...
- Hello! I wish you Good health.
- Thank you for your kind words.
...My head is killing me.
...Where are you heading, uh?
- You see, my wife says I'm too lazy.
- Ah! ...it fell off!
- There's no food at home. ...At all!
...So she sent me to ask the mage...
...how to become rich?
- Why are you lying on the ground then?
- You see, the lakegot in my way.
- So go make a float-boat.
- Ah-a-a! I don't feel like doing this...
- Look, good man.
...I'll build this float-boat for you.
...And you'll go to the mage...
and ask him what I should do, fine?
- Fine, I'll do that. Make the float-boat.
- It has been three years that I'm suffering...
...my arms ache.
...my tail aches...
...Everything aches! So much pain! ...Everything!
...Ask the mage for a piece of advice for me...
...how to get well again?!
- Oh!!! ...Ah! A! A! ...Ah!
...here you go!
...Eeeuw!
...My arms! ...My arms!!!
......My arms!
...Oh my poor arms!
- Your arms I hope you get well!
- Here you go! Don't forget...
...what I asked you to do, uh?!
...Hey, good man!
- I'll try not to forget.
- Let peace come into your house...
...into your house! Oh!
...Where are you heading, good man?
- My wife says I'm too lazy...
and our household falls apart.
...May be the mage will tell me what to do.
- Why don't you row then? Oh-oh!
- Ah-a-a! I don't feel like rowing, you see!
- I will push you float-boat forward,
...if you promise me that you'll do...
...what I'm asking for.
- Ah... Fine! Push!
- My belly feels so heavy.
...I'm drowning all the time!
...Ask the mage how I can get better.
- Have strength in your limbs!
...Go see the mage, hurry!
- You too, fish, have strength in your limbs.
- What limbs are you talking about?
- Oh! Ah!
- Anybody here?!
- Uuh! Let prosperity be with you...
...Good man, where are you heading?
- Prosperity is what I'm lacking.
...I'm on my way to the mage to ask for some advice.
- Could you be so kind as to ask for...
...a piece of advice for me too?
...I can never grow more than one apple...
...on my brances! Oh!
- Ah, fine, I'll ask him.
- Shouldn't you get going then?
- Ah, I don't feel like going anywhere, I'm hungry.
- I'll give you my... Oooh, just a second, oooh.
...my one and only apple.
...Here you go and head to the mage, you must hurry!
- Hey! Don't forget to chew the apple.
...If you're, of course not too lazy for that.
- Welcome! Heh-heh-heh!
Here comes Shejdulla to the great mage.
- Finish chewing first and then ask for advice.
- I don't feel like chewing! You see? Do you see?!
- Ah! Oh! That is your problem. Shejdulla.
- How do you know my name.
- Let your head store a hundred times more knowledge.
...That's why I'm the mage — I know everything!
...Don't you want to ask me something else?
And Shejdulla told the mage about what the wolf,
...the fish and the apple tree have asked him.
- The fish has a diamond in her throat.
...When she gets the stone out of her she'll get better.
...There is a huge jar full of silver buried under the apple tree.
...When it gets out of the ground, the blossom will stop falling off...
...and the apples will ripen on the branches.
...And the wolf, to recover from his illness,
...should eat the first lazy slug he encounters.
- What about me?! How do I become rich?
- Your request is fulfilled already.
...And now go...
- Ah-a-a-a! I'm flying!
- Hey, and? What did he say?
- Yes! You need to get a huge jar with silver dug...
...out from the ground around your roots.
...And after that the apples...
...will ripen on your branches.
- Then go ahead and dig this jar out!
...It will work for your good too,
...you'll become rich at once!
- Oh no, I don't feel like digging.
...The wise man told me that I'll become rich...
...anyway I'll spare the effort. Ah-ah!
- Ooo!
- Ah-a-a!!!
- So tell me human?!
- When you get a huge diamond out from your throat...
...then and only then I'll be healthy!
- Show mercy, take the diamond out!
......You'll save me and become rich yourself!
- No way! I'll become rich anyway. Why bother?
- I'm drowning!!!
- Spare the effort! Ah-ah!!
- Oh!... It's wet out here...
- Hello, hello, good man!
...Tell me what did he say?!
And Shejdulla told the wolf about the fish...
...and the apple tree.
- But I Decided not to waste my time!
...I'll be rich anyway!
- And what did he tell about me? What was my piece of advice?!
- And you... You should eat the first lazy slug you...
...see on your way!
...That's how you'll get better! That's all. Bye!
- I don't have to look for a lazy slug anywhere,
...he came to me himself!
...There's no one in the world lazier than this man!
- Ah!
- Devil!!! Ah!
- That's it!
And since then nobody ever saw Shejdulla again.
While there are still a lot of lazy slugs around.