"Armenfilm"
KIKOS Based on Hovannes Tumanyan's story
Once upon a time there lived a family -
A father, a mother and three daughters.
Once in summertime, in the hottest part of the day,
the father got thirsty
and sent his youngest daughter to fetch some water.
The youngest arrived at the well, and began to muse:
- When I grow up, I'll get married and give birth to a boy named Kikos!
And I will send him to bring the water.
Let him run a little!
Oh, Kikos, my dear son!
They waited and waited for the youngest daughter,
then sent the middle daughter after her.
The younger sister met her with a shout:
- Come, come, look at what I've done!
Kikos, your dear nephew, has drowned!
They were crying and killing themselves over it;
meanwhile, the father sent the eldest daughter after them.
The sisters saw her, and said:
- Cry with us and you will feel better. Kikos has drowned.
Kikos!
And the middle sister told the story as best she could.
- Come, come, poor grandma!
Kikos has fallen from the tree!
- Who is Kikos?
- Listen to the story, then.
And the eldest daughter told her how it happened.
- Oh, Kikos!
Oh, dear son!
Cry... sob... poor grandpa,
your grandson Kikos has fallen down the well!
And the inconsolable granny said:
- Listen to my story!
The father was the smartest in the family.
"Quiet!" he cried.
- That's stupid! Who would dare send the king to bring water?
How can you imagine such a thing?!
What do you think we are for?
We will run and bring the water.
Drink, Your Majesty.
Kikos won't drown, he won't!
And they became very happy!
And truly, who would dare send the king to bring water?
Although, it was then that the jug fell into the well.
But that's just a jug, not Kikos!
screenwriters Robert Saakyants, Lyudmila Saakyants
director Robert Saakyants
art director Lyudmila Saakyants
camera Alisa Kyurdian animator Robert Saakyants
composer Yuriy Arutyunyan sound V. Chaparyan
artists Akop Kirakosyan, Igor Patrik, R. Sargsyan,
Stepan Galstyan, Mirtad Gazazyan, Yuriy Muradyan, Susanna Ayvazyan
assistants A. Arshakuni, M. Adamyan, S. Muradyan
script editor Aleksandr Topchyan production director V. Mesropyan
The End "Armenfilm" 1979
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