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KIEVNAUCHFILM

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The Tree and the Cat

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Once, there stood a tree by the road.

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High... proud... strong.

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It stood away from everyone,
doing neither good nor harm to anyone.

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It had never loved anyone,
nor had it ever flowered.

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It was dependent on no-one,
and no-one was dependent on it.

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The tree knew how to keep everyone at bay.

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The forest, the field...
and the road with all its travellers.

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And it had always been like this.

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"Say, tree... are you alone here?"
asked the cat.

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"Completely alone," answered
the tree indifferently.

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"And you are not bored?"

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"Not bored at all," rustled the
tree just as indifferently.

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"And you never experience
sadness, fear or loneliness?"

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"Never"

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"I don't wait for anyone. I don't need anyone."

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"Ah," said the cat,

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"how I wish to be independent,
live alone, and not grieve for anyone."

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'Well now," said the tree with dignity,

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"this is not too hard to learn."

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"Live with me, observe..."

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"and when you learn, you will leave
and be able to live alone."

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"Thank you," said the cat,
and she stayed there.

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"Where are you going?" moaned the tree.

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"Goodbye. Now I can live alone,"
answered the cat.

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"Don't go. You have taught me a lot."

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"Stay."

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And that is the whole story about the tree.

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Or rather, about the tree and the cat.

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Because if not for the cat,
the tree would not have had a story.

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Scenario: I. Glebova
Director: Ye. Sivokon

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Art director: V. Sertsova
Composer: V. Khrapachev

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Camera operator: A. Mukhin
Sound operator: I. Pogon

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Animators: N. Churilova, N. Zurabova,
I. Kovalyov

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Assistants: V. Ryabkina, I. Skorupskiy
Editor: Yu. Srebnitskaya

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Narrator: S. Filimonov
Script editor: S. Kutsenko
Executive producer: I. Mazepa

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The End

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(C)Kiev Film Studio of Scientific-Popular Films