THREE FRIENDS A production of Tbilissi Film Studio
written by Shalva Gedevanishvili, A. Stepnaya directed by Vladimir Mudzhiri camera Lyubov Kvaliashvili
art director I. Gabashvili music (Mer. Artist) Andrey Balanchivadze sound V Dolenko, R. Lapinskiy
artistic director (Stalin Prize Laureate) M.E. Chiaureli production director V. Karsanidze
A glorious morning! A wonderful morning!
Let's get to work, hurry up now!
My good friends, I have a request to you.
You, my darling sparrow, catch some fat moths.
You, young mouse, hurry to the woods,
and chop a lot of fire wood.
Well, hurry up and get going. Goodbye, friends.
I will stay at home and weave a carpet.
Ah-hah! There's my prey.
Ah!
What a fat one!
Such a beauty, but a harmful thief.
I absolutely have to catch her.
One, two, three, four.
Fruit syrup
I'll pour out a little sweet syrup.
If someone stealthily comes to loot it...
...It must be a harmful creature and will get stuck to it, as punishment.
Ah, how sweet, to eat so slyly!
Oh, what's this? I cannot lift my legs.
Oh! Oh!
Dear kind sparrow, let us go without delay.
No, do not beg for mercy. Your last hour has come.
I will rid the forest of you.
Oh! Oh, I'm crushed! Oh!
Oh, that almost flattened me!
As punishment, log, you will be the first to be burnt.
I'm all stocked up on firewood.
My hatchet visited every grove.
I'll make my brothers happy.
I won't lose weight from any stress!
I had a jolly hunt,
Catching grasshoppers in the fields.
I did something good for my friends,
I caught us a wonderful lunch.
I'm weaving a colored,
large carpet.
The charming and wonderful...
...carpet pattern enchants the eyes.
The charming and wonderful...
Tra-la-la-la-la...
You truly are real friends:
Each of you has outdone the other!
- Let's break out a song... - All three are at home....
I'll eat the turtle. The mouse will be a snack. And the sparrow for dessert.
We will drink to strong brotherhood
And break out a song...
Gotcha.
Hurry, hurry, save yourselves!
Silly folk, I was only joking.
I only came to visit you. Open up.
Ah, she's over here!
You won't pierce my shell!
[Lime] There! Hurry, hurry, hurry!
Hurry! Hurry, hurry!
Battery, fire!!
Oh, it burns! Oh, it scorches!
Oh, I'm dying! Help! Save me!
She ran from our yard! Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!
Give alms to a poor old woman.
Water! I feel bad! Water, water, quickly!
- I'm dying. - Water!
Here's some water.
And who are you, hmm?
I'm a poor wanderer.
I've traveled through many countries.
How cute you are!
Would you like me to tell you your fortune?
Oh, how interesting! Go on!
- You are in for a terrible misfortune. - Oh! Oh!
- You have a third friend. - The turtle. - The turtle.
The turtle. The turtle is a terrible creature.
She makes you work.
While the turtle sits quietly at home,
Sits back and thinks:
"Let them be eaten by the fox.
Then I will get the whole house to myself."
Is that how it is?! I had no idea.
- Come on, let's go home right away! - Let's go.
You're sitting at home, lazy-bones, while we do all the work for you.
What happened? Where is the water?
Well, why don't you go for water yourself?
We will not go for water any more.
The fox could eat us.
As you wish! I will go for water myself.
Let us not quarrel over trifles.
Would you buy something from me?
Your friends buy delicacies from me every day!
Is that so?! I had no idea!
It is a pity that you have such bad friends.
Well, since they keep that hidden from you,
You can buy for yourself
anything that you like.
Take off that dirty shell
And put on this dress.
How well it suits you!
How beautiful! How beautiful! Bravo! Bravo!
What a sight!
Now, sit at home and work.
And I'll eat you for dinner.
Oh, help!
Mayday, she's been abducted!
She's been abducted... She's been abducted....
Three - Thirty-three.
Three - Three
Hello! Hello, hello.
Is this the house of the three friends?
The fox abducted your turtle.
Why did we send the turtle for water?!
What if we do not find her?!
I weave a carpet,
And curse my fate.
When I finish the work,
The fox will eat me!
Hush, the fox lives here...
So the turtle must be here too.
You see: there's a shell here!
Yes, I see!
Turtle!
Ah, my friends!
Oh, my darlings!
Prepare for death, my little turtle.
What a nice soup I'll make of you!
It'll be finger-licking good!
What are you doing, friends?
After all, I am your friend.
This time you won't fool us!
Let's throw out the fox.
Let's throw her out!
But how do we get out of here?
I have strong wings. I'll fly you up to the clouds.
Oh, oh, we'll fall!
My shell will be our parachute.
If, perchance, there should be a high wave,
Then flame of love is lit,
And then no treacherous enemy
will ever manage to destroy it.
The End Subs by Lemicnor & Eus, ed. Niffiwan Jan 2022