Soyuzmultfilm
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
A film by Liza Skvortsova
The Duck and the Kangaroo
The Duck softly said: "Kangaroo,
Goodness, gracious... how you can hop!
Over the fields and the water too...
Ah, my poor heart may stop!
My life is a bore in this nasty pond,
And I long to go out in the world beyond!
I wish I could hop just like you!"
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.
"Please give me a ride on your back!"
Asked the Duck of the Kangaroo.
"I would sit quite still, and say nothing but 'Quack,'
The whole of the long day through!
And we'd go to the Dee, and the Jelly Bo Lee,
Over the land, and over the sea;-
Please take me a ride! O do!"
Asked the Duck of the Kangaroo.
Ducks are flying,
ducks are flying,
and two geese.
For the one I love,
for the one I love -
I wait in vain.
For the one I love,
for the one I love -
Said the Kangaroo in reply,
After some unperturbed reflection:
"Yes, perhaps on the whole it makes sense, but... nay,
There is indeed one objection,
Which is, if you'll let me speak so bold,
Your feet are unpleasantly wet and cold,
And would probably give me the roo-
Matiz!" said the Kangaroo.
Said the Duck, "As I sate on the rocks,
I have thought over that completely,
And I bought four pairs of worsted socks Which fit my web-feet neatly.
And to keep out the cold I've bought a cloak,
And every day a cigar I'll smoke,
All to follow my own dear true Love of a Kangaroo!"
Then said the Kangaroo: "I'm ready!
All in the moonlight pale;
But to balance me well, dear Duck, sit steady!
And quite at the end of my tail!"
So away they went with a hop and a bound,
And they hopped the whole world three times round;
And who so happy, - O who,
As the Duck and the Kangaroo?
screenwriter, director, art director, animator Liza Skvostsova
composer Mark Skvortsov narrator Aleksandr Kott sound Artyom Fadeyev
The folk song "The Ducks are Flying" is sung by Liza Skvortsova & Ilya Chistyakov
line producer Anna Sehina executive producer Yuliya Gruvman
creative producer Mihail Aldashin producer Boris Mashkovtsev
A big thank you to Yegr Nagayen, Anya Fyodorova
The film uses Edward Lear's poem "The Duck and the Kangaroo", translated by Yevgeniy Klyuyev
The End (c) Soyuzmultfilm, 2019 subs by Niffiwan (2025.06)