written by Youry Norstein & Roman Kachanov
directed & animated by Youry Norstein
art director Francheska Yarbusova cameraman Alexander Zhukovsky
music Michael Meyerovich sound Boris Filchikov script editor Natalia Abramova
cutter Nadezhda Treshcheva executive producer Nathan Bitman
voice artist Innokenty Smoktunovsky
HERON AND CRANE
Once upon a time there lived a lanky Crane,
And not so far away,
there lived long-nosed Heron.
The Heron glanced at the Crane
and laughed to herself:
What a clumsy fellow he is!
Maybe I should propose to the Heron.
She looks like she could be from our Crane Family.
she has the same kind of beak.
and her legs are fairly long.
Are you home, Miss Heron?
Yes, yes, yes ... She's here.
What do you want?
Will you marry me?
Will I marry you ... you beanpole?! What were you thinking?
Your clothes are too short
and all you do is walk all the time - you never fly -
and you're so tight with money
that I will probably starve in the nest...
... And ... and ... oh,
Why did I refuse him?
Why? ... Why did I tell him 'no'.
He comes from a good family ...
and they call him ... a snappy dresser....
and he does have a fine head of feathers.
Well, Crane, I will marry you.
No, Heron,
I've already changed my mind about marrying you,
Go back to where you came from.
Hearing these words, the Heron went away.
But the crane now, regretted turning her down
he caught up with her and said
'Very well, Miss Heron, I agree to take you as my wife, '
Did you hear me? I agree to take you.
Maybe you are taking, but I'm not going,
But again the heron got to thinking,
It is better to live together then to be alone.
I'll go and make up with him and marry him.
Yes, we'll make up and I'll marry him,
Crane dear, I I will marry you,
But the Crane answered back to her:
'Betty wants Freddy,
But freddy's no longer ready."
With these words
the Crane turned away,
and the Heron left.
Crane-y, dear Crane-y,
I'll marry you!
And so it still goes on like that back and forth...
... One after the other,
THE END