1 00:00:00,450 --> 00:00:01,850 "Armenfilm" 2 00:00:03,855 --> 00:00:06,355 There was a poor family - 3 00:00:06,455 --> 00:00:11,200 a destitute man with a wife and three daughters. 4 00:00:11,300 --> 00:00:14,100 KIKOS Based on Hovhannes Tumanyan's story 5 00:00:16,315 --> 00:00:18,350 It was summertime. 6 00:00:18,450 --> 00:00:23,000 The sun was burning and the sky was cloudless. 7 00:00:23,915 --> 00:00:27,450 Exhausted from the intense heat, they decided to go to the forest. 8 00:00:27,551 --> 00:00:29,051 To sit in the shade 9 00:00:29,225 --> 00:00:31,825 and to take a little break from work. 10 00:00:33,055 --> 00:00:37,250 However they couldn't even imagine what kind of trouble they would get into. 11 00:00:38,575 --> 00:00:41,995 The father became thirsty and sent the youngest daughter to get some water. 12 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:44,155 Once the youngest one reached the well, 13 00:00:44,256 --> 00:00:46,956 she started musing and imagining: 14 00:00:47,055 --> 00:00:50,050 Once I get married, I will give birth to a boy 15 00:00:50,151 --> 00:00:54,301 and take him out of a cabbage and name him Kikos. 16 00:00:54,700 --> 00:00:57,555 And I will tell my son to bring me some water. 17 00:01:02,725 --> 00:01:06,150 Oh my dear Kikos, my dear kid! 18 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:08,100 How can I live without you? 19 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:10,955 Noting that the daughter hadn't come back for a while, 20 00:01:11,056 --> 00:01:14,006 they decided to send the middle one to bring the water. 21 00:01:14,150 --> 00:01:16,965 Meanwhile the younger one was grief-stricken and weeping. 22 00:01:17,065 --> 00:01:18,965 Hey, you unlucky aunt, listen to me! 23 00:01:19,050 --> 00:01:21,250 See who Kikos was and how it all ended! 24 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:23,050 - What Kisos are you talking about? 25 00:01:23,150 --> 00:01:24,750 - How many Kikoses do you know? 26 00:01:24,850 --> 00:01:27,150 I married at last, I birthed a boy fast, 27 00:01:27,251 --> 00:01:29,551 I named him Kikos his head's crown had a gloss! 28 00:01:29,652 --> 00:01:31,452 See what happened at the end! 29 00:02:01,025 --> 00:02:03,965 Oh our Kikos, oh our kid! 30 00:02:04,066 --> 00:02:06,066 You are gone. How are we to cope? 31 00:02:07,435 --> 00:02:11,455 As both daughters weren't back yet, the father sent the older one. 32 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,450 Seeing the older sister, the daughters started weeping even louder. 33 00:02:14,650 --> 00:02:18,735 She started calming them down: - Let's sit and have a good cry together. 34 00:02:18,850 --> 00:02:20,450 The younger sister started attacking the older one with her story: 35 00:02:20,550 --> 00:02:22,450 I married at last, I birthed a boy fast, 36 00:02:22,451 --> 00:02:24,651 I named him Kikos, his head's crown had a gloss! 37 00:02:24,750 --> 00:02:29,345 Now the middle one interrupted: I will tell the rest of the story. 38 00:03:10,700 --> 00:03:13,150 This time the mother came over to the daughters. 39 00:03:13,300 --> 00:03:16,500 If she only knew what she was going to hear. 40 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,250 Come, come, you heartbroken granny. The older one immediately interrupted: 41 00:03:20,550 --> 00:03:24,050 Let me this time tell the whole story! 42 00:05:26,535 --> 00:05:28,655 Your grandma will sacrifice herself for you, dear Kikos! 43 00:05:29,205 --> 00:05:30,655 Oh, my kid. 44 00:05:30,755 --> 00:05:32,655 You left this world ahead of us. 45 00:05:32,865 --> 00:05:34,845 The father followed them. 46 00:05:34,955 --> 00:05:37,835 Once they saw him they started telling the story. 47 00:05:37,950 --> 00:05:40,150 Come, come, you unlucky grandad! 48 00:05:40,250 --> 00:05:43,150 Your grandkid Kikos are gone. You don't have a grandchild anymore. 49 00:05:43,250 --> 00:05:47,550 The mother interrupted the daughters: Let me tell the story this time. 50 00:05:47,735 --> 00:05:50,750 Kikos grew up and became the king. 51 00:06:19,495 --> 00:06:20,795 Wait! 52 00:06:21,185 --> 00:06:22,650 Shut up! 53 00:06:22,745 --> 00:06:26,645 Have you ever heard of somebody telling the king to go out for water by himself? 54 00:06:27,275 --> 00:06:29,065 What do you think we are for? 55 00:06:29,155 --> 00:06:31,450 Not only will we run, but we'll bring the water 56 00:06:31,551 --> 00:06:33,451 as well as pray for our lord king's life. 57 00:06:33,635 --> 00:06:36,400 Here, Your Majesty, drink up. 58 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:39,350 The family went mad with joy 59 00:06:39,451 --> 00:06:41,851 and started kissing each other and saying that the father was right. 60 00:06:41,965 --> 00:06:45,245 Who on Earth would send the king to bring water? 61 00:06:58,255 --> 00:07:01,450 As the jug dropped in the water, 62 00:07:01,551 --> 00:07:07,301 the grandfather of our king Kikos jumped into the water for a drink and a swim. 63 00:07:07,450 --> 00:07:09,350 If he only knew... 64 00:07:11,215 --> 00:07:12,985 It would've been better to keep being thirsty 65 00:07:13,086 --> 00:07:15,086 than to jump into that cursed well! 66 00:07:16,050 --> 00:07:20,565 screenwriters Robert Saakyants, Lyudmila Saakyants 67 00:07:20,845 --> 00:07:22,895 director Robert Saakyants 68 00:07:22,995 --> 00:07:25,045 art director Lyudmila Saakyants 69 00:07:25,146 --> 00:07:29,246 camera Alisa Kyurdian animator Robert Saakyants 70 00:07:29,447 --> 00:07:33,947 composer Yuriy Arutyunyan sound V. Chaparyan 71 00:07:34,048 --> 00:07:37,048 artists Akop Kirakosyan, Igor Patrik, R. Sargsyan, 72 00:07:37,199 --> 00:07:40,250 Stepan Galstyan, Mirtad Gazazyan, Yuriy Muradyan, Susanna Ayvazyan 73 00:07:40,351 --> 00:07:43,501 assistants A. Arshakuni, M. Adamyan, S. Muradyan 74 00:07:43,602 --> 00:07:46,552 script editor Aleksandr Topchyan production director V. Mesropyan 75 00:07:47,150 --> 00:07:49,250 The End "Armenfilm" 1979 76 00:07:49,351 --> 00:07:51,904 subs by armeniancinematiclegacy994 & Niffiwan (2023 @ animatsiya.net)