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Soyuzmultfilm
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The Wise Gudgeon
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Based on a story by M.E.Salvykov-Shchedrin
narrator - A.Zaytsev
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Screenplay ... V.Merezhko
Director ... V.Karavayev
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Art-directors: S.Alimov, G.Arkadyev
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Camera... B.Kotov. Composer... V.Martynov
Sound engineer ... V.Kutuzov
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Animators: Yu.Kuzyurin, Ye.Malashenkova,
L.Lobanova, V.Palchikov, A.Gorlenko
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Animators: I.Kuroyan, T.Fadeyeva,
G.Zolotovskaya
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Assistant director ... G.Chikina
Assistant camera ... M.Popova
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Montage: I.Gerasimova
Script editor: Ye.Nikitkina
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Backgrounds: I.Troyanova, Z.Plehanova,
O.Apanasova, N.Barkovskaya
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Production director: L.Butyrina
(C) Soyuzmultfilm Studio, 1979.
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Once upon a time, there lived a gudgeon.
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His mother and father were clever,
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so he grew up a very clever gudgeon.
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He started to think and he realized:
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whenever he looked,
everywhere he was checkmated.
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Big fishes all around him,
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and he is the smallest.
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Any fish can swallow him,
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but he can't swallow anyone.
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And he couldn't understand,
why swallow anyone?
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Life all around
was amazing and beautiful.
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So amazing, that sometimes
it was unbelievable.
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- Thank God! It seems I'm alive!
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said the gudgeon to himself,
and decided to dig a hole.
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What a fearful state he was in
when he heard:
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- Beware, son!
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- To live life
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is not like licking a spoon.
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- Keep your eyes open!
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The gudgeon was satisfied
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that he had beaten the crafty designs
of his enemies, and survived.
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And he had a most alluring dream.
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The gudgeon took a deep breath,
and decided:
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during the day, he would sit in his hole,
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and at night,
when everyone's asleep, he would swim.
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And suddenly he wanted
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to strut around the whole river.
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- Thank God! It seems I'm alive.
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- Ah, what's going to happen tomorrow...
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The gudgeon never married,
and never had kids.
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Although his father had a big family.
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The gudgeon explained this
in his own way.
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At that time,
you could easily live a life.
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The pikes were kinder,
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and perches were not hungry for us fries.
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But now, with the rivers
emptying of fish,
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even gudgeons are in demand.
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No time to think about a family -
hard to keep yourself alive.
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This little gudgeon was very patient.
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But here he grew bold,
and shouted to his offender:
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- When will gudgeons finally
receive enough feed?
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- If nothing changes,
we could degenerate to smelt...
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Now, if everybody was living
like this wise gudgeon,
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it would be so peaceful in the river.
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And the wise gudgeon
now clearly realized,
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that you need to spend your life
so that no-one ever notices you.
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This way he lived 100 years and more.
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No friends, no relatives.
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He visited nobody, nobody visited him.
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Then the gudgeon marshalled his intellect,
which he had in abundance, and thought:
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- Thank God I'm dying a natural death,
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like my mother and father.
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And he had a very last dream.
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- This is for your unremarkable, wise life
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said the pike.
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And for a long time after, these
words rang in the gudgeon's ears.
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What pleasures did he have?
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Whom did he comfort?
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To whom did he give good advice?
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To whom did he say a kind word?
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Who will remember his existence?
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THE END
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Subtitles by IDBoris, corrections
by Kurosuke & Niffiwan