Creative Association Ekran 1986
written by A. Vatyan
directed by Yulian Kalisher
art director Lyudmila Tanasenko
camera Yevgeniy Turevich
composer V. Nazarov
WHY DOES THE CAMEL NEED AN ORANGE?
WHY?
I am the most, I am the most,
The longest, longest-necked...
Hey, giraffe, why do you need such a long neck?
I am the most long-necked beast; A longer neck there isn't.
Hah, it's so you can see your own tail.
I am the most, I am thinnest,
I am the most, I'm yellowest, I'm tall and thin and yellow,
More than yellow itself.
I'm short-necked, but I can still see my own tail!
I run around, I run around, I lunch upon the leaves I've found
It can't be easy to have a neck like that!
I always pluck the very freshest little leaves of all
I do not ever have to climb,
I do not ever have to jump,
I only need to stretch my neck To chew leaves right away
Maybe you just have it cause it's pretty?
I am the very slenderest,
I am the very kindest,
And all of you, of course, quite like My quiet, modest taste.
- Is it tasty? - Mmhmm.
I'm very smart and charming,
I'm simple and enchanting,
I'm cheerful and so dreamy,
In one word - a giraffe
- Will you get me one? - Mmhmm.
I'm very smart and charming,
I'm simple and enchanting,
I'm cheerful and so dreamy, in one word - a giraffe
And furthermore, I'm very modest, I am...
But I still don't understand -
why does a giraffe need such a long neck?
- Why? - I... hmm, hmm, hmm...
...in one word, am a giraffe!
WHY
THE CAMEL - WHY IS IT NEEDED BY THE ORANGE?
CAMEL
Hey, you camels that have two humps, And you camels that have three humps,
And you camels that have five humps, I'd like to ask you:
How can you, you camels with humps, You camels possessing five humps,
However-many-there-are humps, Eat and drink so much?
It is necessary.
You're a bunch of shaggy sack cloths, On your backs are upside-down pots.
Neither a snail, nor a froggy Could you overtake.
You are big, but you're no lookers With no fine fur to be proud of.
Just who do you think you look like? I would like to know!
Probably other camels?
Why, you camels, You're just damsels,
You're just mammals, You're just damals,
Your legs look so very poorly, And your backs have humps.
Day and night you seem to chew gum, Don't participate in races,
Seem to live in hibernation, What are you proud of?
Well, can you walk through the desert?
Walk? I cannot. I can race over it!
Catch up!
I... will go back...
CAMEL
ORANGE
THE CAMEL - WHY DOES HE NEED AN ORANGE?
ORANGE
- Wow! - Oh!
- Hey, where are you going? - To the watering hole.
Oh, what a...
Oh, you should not hurry, Ah, you should not hurry,
Just keep breathing deeply the nice and clean air.
Thank you very much.
Oh, I wish he had not said "thank you" to me, I wish he'd have gifted that orange to me.
I think that you, rhino, would very much wish
To taste some lush and fragrant grass as a dish...
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Oh, I wish he had not said "thank you" to me,
I wish he'd have gifted that orange to me.
I've such friendly feelings just glowing in me;
I wish you great joy in your life-yet-to-be!
Thank you very much, so very much.
Oh, I wish he had not said "thank you" to me, I wish he'd have gifted that orange to me.
I wish... I want that orange...
- What's with you?
- I'm envying you. - What for?
Well. You've already thanked me a whole three times,
but I haven't thanked you even once!
Well, say it as well, then!
Ah, but it's not interesting to say it without reason.
Well, then take this orange.
Thank you!
And thank you too.
Though I don't quite see what for...
If I was asked by any guy: "A camel needs an orange... why?" I would answer like this (like this!):
See, it could go and take a bite, Or else just carry it a while - The camel is quite odd (quite odd!)
Another question comes to mind: "A camel need a 'copter... why?" (Just try explaining that!)
Perhaps to give the thing a lick, Or push it with its head a bit (Or stand in its cool shade!)
I am surrounded by folks (by folks!) Who ask such things from dawn to dusk.
Questions are so easy to ask (easy!) But answering's a harder task! (Right!)
A harder question may arise: "Camels need locomotives... why?" (Let's ponder for a bit!)
It would be used, I shall confide, To scratch a camel's itchy side (Or run in front of it!)
Another question, now: to wit, What does the orange get from it? (What good's the camel to it?)
Aha, you do not know, my friends! Then I will answer in your place: "Grab freebies while they last"! (Grab them!)
I am surrounded by folks Who ask such things from dawn to dusk.
Questions are so easy to ask (easy!) But answering's a harder task! (Right!)
The End Subs by Chapaev & Eus (Jan 2020) Retranslated by Niffiwan (Jan 2024)