Soyuzmultfilm presents
Merry-Go-Round 4
camera Mihail Druyan sound Vladimir Kutuzov montage M. Trusova
ass. dir. N. Orlova, ass. art A. Nikolskaya V. Gilyarova, S. Gviniashvili, O. Vorobyova, S. Mitrofanova
executive producer Lyubov Butyrina script editor Arkadiy Snesarev
ABOUT A FREAKY FROG After a story by Gennadiy Tsyferov
director & art director Valeriy Ugarov music Alfred Shnitke, voice actors Mariya Vinogradova, T. Shaposhnikova
Excuse me, green one, what would you do if you were a red cow?
- I don't know, but somehow I do not really want to be a red cow.
But what if you were?
- I would, in any case, recolor myself from red to green.
Well, and then?
- And then I would saw off my horns.
- But why?
- So as not to butt into anyone.
- Well, and then?
Well, and then?
- And then?
- Then I would saw off my legs... so as not to kick anyone.
- Well, and then, and then?
- And then?
Then I would say:
"Just look at me, how could I possibly be a cow?
I'm just a little green frog."
The golden autumn:
Birds and animals prepare for the winter, stock up on provisions...
THE SILENT HAMSTER
After a tale by Eduard Shim
director & art director Leonid Nosyrev
music Yevgeniy Botyarov
narrator N. Litvinov
A hamster returns from the field.
His white cheeks are puffed up -
it must be hard for one so fat to walk.
He meets a beaver on his way. "Hello, hamster!"
The hamster is silent.
"What a slacker! Too lazy to even say 'hello'!
Look at what a gut you've grown! So big it drags along the ground.
And those cheeks! Any fatter and they'll burst!
Just you wait, bumpkin!
I bet winter will slim you down!
Winter has no love for lazy creatures.
Resourceful animals will... what?
...will stock up on resources!"
The hamster is silent. He walks on.
A jay flies towards the hamster. "Hello, hamster."
The hamster is silent.
"I can't believe it - too lazy to even move your tongue!
Just look at that blubbery back - now that's a back and a half!
And those cheeks are about to burst!
Just you wait, lazybones!
You'll remember my words come winter.
Look at me - when I find an acorn, I go to hide it in a secluded spot!
I save it for the winter cold.
You could learn a thing or two from watching someone like me!"
The hamster is silent. He just walks on.
There's a squirrel on the hamster's route. "Hello, hamster!"
The hamster is silent.
" 'Hello,' I said. What is this? You're too lazy to answer?
You're all swollen with fat! Have your cheeks burst yet?
I can't wait to see what you'll look like in winter!
Your arrogance will slide right off...
You shouldn't be chilling, but stocking up on provisions!"
The hamster is silent.
He reaches his hole, crawls inside...
At the very end of his hole is a dry storage room.
"That's all right! Let them teach me!
But I have, without uttering a word,
carried a whole big pood of grain to my storage room!"
A MERRY LITTLE OLD MAN Based on a poem by Daniil Kharms
directed by Anatoliy Petrov music Shandor Kallosh
narrator Pyotr Vishnyakov voice artist Georgiy Vitsin
There once lived a little old man Who was very wee,
And this little old man would laugh Very easily!
He once, seeing a dragonfly, Made an angry fuss,
Then he laughed, and then he fell Right upon the grass.
When a spider he espied, He was frightened silly,
Then he grabbed hold of his sides, And laughed willy-nilly!
The End subs by Eus & Niffiwan