MERRY-GO-ROUND No.20 Soyuzmultfilm
On the merry-go-round, storytelling's begun.
On it, stories, songs and cheers abound!
On the merry-go-round we will feel joy and fun,
Take a ride upon our merry-go-round!
camera Aleksandr Chehovskiy, Nataliya Mihaylova sound Vladimir Kutuzov
artists Irina Sobyanina, Lyudmila Biryukova, Lyubov Gorelova, Tatyana Shvetsova
assistant directors O. Apanasova, Ye. Cheryomushkina
montage Nataliya Stepantseva, G. Smirnova
script editor Natalya Abramova
production director Liliana Monahova
TWO HANDS Based on Aleksey Shlygin's poem
Just two hands - that is so little!
Ten hands would be more my style -
Then nobody would belittle My performance for a while!
Then nobody, then nobody Could stop me from living great -
I could wow most everybody And would never once be late!
It would be such a delight:
Five hands left,
And five hands right.
Hand One could work at the writing,
While Hand Two could solve some math.
Hand Three could do research, sighting Our own local weather's path.
Hand four could draw a sail, breezy Waves, a ship near distant lands...
I would not find it so easy To keep track of all my hands!
It would be such a delight:
Five hands left, And five hands right.
Just you wait, I'd show Timoshka All ten fists - won't he be dazed!
Just you wait, I'd hit Antoshka With ten cuffs - he'll be amazed!
And when all the coaches witness How I block the keeper's net,
They won't dare to doubt my fitness For the home team, I would bet!
It's no joke when they say, friends, That the goalie has ten hands!..
"With two - you can die of boredom..."
So I thought, and heaved a sigh.
Then the hands of my dear grandma Caught the corner of my eye:
They sew,
Wash clothes,
Knead the bread dough,
Bake nice pastries, fill the pans...
And yet there are not ten of them - There are only just two hands!
There are only, there are only,
There are only just two hands.
Wait for a reply, like a lark for July
There are only, there are only,
There are only just two hands!
screenwriter V. Zhyoludev director, art director Nikolay Koshkin
composer Filipp Koltsov narrator T. Shatilova
THE GLASS Based on the story by Oleg Grigoryev
We're building a house!
We're milking a bouse!
...no, they haven't understood me.
I've had it up to here with these glass-cutters, these glassblowers!
They've installed a warped glass aga-a-ai...!
director, art director Aleksandr Guryev
animators Nataliya Bogomolova, Marina Voskanyants, Aleksandr Dorogov
artists Lyudmila Biryukova, Lyubov Gorelova
assistant director Ye. Cheryomushkina narrator Yevgeniy Steblov The music comes from archival records
LITTLE RAM
Based on Samuil Marshak's translation of an English folk song
screenwriter Vladimir Golovanov director Nataliya Golovanova
art directors Yuriy Isaykin, Olga Pavlova composer Nina Savicheva
animators Nataliya Bogomolova, Andrey Smirnov
Tell us, our white ram so fair,
How much warm wool...
How much warm wool will you share?
...will you share?
Do not yet shear off my wool.
I will give you...
I will give you three bags full.
Three bags full.
One bag is for the master.
One bag is for the lady.
The third is for the little kids,
The third is for the little kids
Their warm coats to make ready.
The End (c) Soyuzmultfilm 1990
Subtitles by Niffiwan (2026.02) @ animatsiya.net