Studio Soyuzmultfilm Stopmotion/Puppet division
A Hello for Monkey!
directed by Ivan Ufimtsev written by Grigoriy Oster
art directors: Leonid Shvartsman, Nikolay Titov camera Vladimir Sidorov, Sergei Khlebnikov
Animator S. Olifirenko
music Vladimir Shainsky, sound B. Filchikov, montage G. Filatova script editor N. Abramova
voice artists Vsevolod Larionov (Parrot), Nadezhda Rumyantseva (Monkey), Vasiliy Livanov (Boa), Mihail Kozakov (Little Elephant)
puppets and decor M. Chesnokova, S. Etlis, M. Koltunov, P. Gussev, V.Alisov, V. Grishin, S. Znamenskaya, N. Andreyeva, O. Massainov
producer G. Kovrov
Monkey, Boa asked me to give you a hello.
- Thank you. - You are welcome.
- Hey-hey! Give it to me. - What?
The hello from Boa.
I don't have it, I beg your pardon.
Where is it? Where did you put it?
I must have lost it.
Wonderful! I sit here waiting for the very much needed hello, and he says he lost it!..
- Where did you lose it? - I don't know, I beg your pardon.
- What did it look like? - It was...
Boa said: "Give the monkey my big hello."
Oh! A big hello!
- You lost it. - He did.
- Have you looked over there? - We have.
- And here? - No. We haven't looked here.
- Not here. And not here. - And what is it we're looking for?
- Hello. - Hello. But what are we looking for?
- Hello. - I already said hello. What are we looking for?
- Hello! We're looking for 'hello'. - Aha!
I want to know everything from the very beginning.
Boa asked me to give the monkey his hello.
- Who from? - From himself.
And he was carrying it.
- Boa? - He was carrying hello from Boa!
And?
He was carrying it, and carrying it, - and didn't bring it.
It was a big hello, and he lost it.
Now we won't find it.
Hello is such a thing, that once you've lost it,
it's no use looking for it.
Now, then...
You'll go to the boa and ask him for another hello for the monkey.
- Boa! - Little Elephant.
Here, touch... No, you'd better sniff!
No, you'd better just look at this flower!
A very nice flower indeed.
- Boa, can you...? - Of course I can!
- Do you have..? - Of course I have!
- I have everything. I can do anything. Because today I am in a splendid mood.
I'm really happy for you, Boa. But can you give...
I can give...
Can you give Monkey another hello?
A hello? No problem.
Give Monkey another hello from me!
I beg your pardon, a big one? - A huge one. And a warm one.
Well, did he?
He did. Boa gave you another hello.
- Hurrah! - What kind of a hello?
Big, huge and warm.
Hurry! Give it to me before it cools down!
- But I already gave it to you. - When?
- Just now. - You didn't give me anything.
- Yes I did. - You lost it again!
No, I didn't lose it. All right, I'll run over to Boa and ask him for another hello.
Oh no, you don't. No! This time I'll go myself. Myself!..
Boa! You gave Monkey two hellos.
Yes, I do remember.
Thing is, Monkey didn't get them.
I didn't. Because somebody has lost them.
- Somebody? - Yes, somebody.
We won't mention his name, even though it was Little Elephant.
I beg your pardon, Boa. Maybe you will find another hello for Monkey?
Of course I will.
Monkey, here's another hello from me to you!
Now I have your hello?
You have it.
But I don't feel it. When someone gives me a banana, I feel it.
But I don't feel your hello. Nowhere.
It can't be. I'm in a wonderful mood today.
When I give you my hello, I share my wonderful mood with you.
Let's give it another try. I give you my hello, monkey!
Didn't that boost your high spirits?
Yes.
It sure did. I feel your hello - in here.
Now you have your hello.
Yes, and I am in a wonderful mood!..
Oh, but if those two first hellos hadn't been lost,
I'd be in such a mood now! In such a mood!
The End Subbed by Eus, ed. Niffiwan