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Production studio
"Soyuzmultfilm"
Moscow, 1957

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In a Certain Dining Hall...

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screenwriter Yak. Ziskinda
director Grigoriy Lomidze

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camera I. Golomb, art directors G. Kozlov,
V. Vasilenko, composer E. Kolmanovskiy

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sound Boris Filchikov
assistant montage V. Yegorova

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chief designer of puppets & decor
R. Gurov, decorator G. Miroshkin

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puppeteers A. Zorin, V. Kusov,
I. Mazing, V. Zakrevskiy,

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N. Gzhelskiy, L. Martyanova,
T. Linnik, L. Zvyagina, P. Yakushev

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voice actors S. Samodur,
A. Volgina, M. Mironova,

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S. Anikeyev, N. Merkulova,
L. Pirogov, N. Ter-Osipyan

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V. Baharev, A. Terehina
Yu. Hrzhanovskiy, A. Sakhnovskiy

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production director
Natan Bitman

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Comrades, here's what I want to say,
comrades! What do I want to say?..

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Ah... I want to say that catering
is no laughing matter, comrades.

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It is, comrades, a serious business!

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It is time to, once and for all,
tear women away from the stove,

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pull them out of the kitchen...

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So I...
- Yes, but sometimes people's words
don't align with their deeds.

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Let us now show you the dining hall
supervised by the current orator.

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From the outside, the dining hall looks
like any other on the streets of this city.

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But...
On second thought, judge for yourselves.

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- Tell me, what's this?

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- What d'ya mean "what's this"?

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Beefsteak "au naturel". If you
don't like it, go to another dining hall.

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- Are you disturbing the peace, citizen?

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You will answer for this.

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- And who will answer
for the fake steak?

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Disgraceful!
Where is the manager?

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You have, of course, noticed that
these are not real people,

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but puppets that are playing out
a very true-to-life story.

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Oh, Zhora, my driver...

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A happy man, that's what you are,

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You live a life of paradise.

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If someone else was your boss, you'd
be driving around and bustling.

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But with me, you are a king!
Tshsh...

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Silantiy Savelyich, it's time to go
to the warehouse for supplies.
- Time for what?

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Don't you see, here's a man
trying to catch some fish,

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and you're disturbing him...
with official business...

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We'll have time to get
the supplies tomorrow.

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Siloshka!

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Oh no, not her!

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Siloshka! Someone called you.
Someone called you from the trust!

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- From the trust?

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- Some Committee will be
inspecting the cafeteria!

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- What?

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Oh, Zhora, Zhora,
wind up our fishing rods!

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Produce Transport
(Dining Hall no. 4)

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Dining Hall No. 4

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Oh, oh... oh, brothers,
what a situation... an inspection!

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A certain Gelka Blinova wrote that our
cafeteria was dirty and had bad meals...

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...someone's ringing... already...

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The director of Dining Hall No. 4 on
Sadovaya Street of the town catering trust,

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Comrade Murmyzin, speaking!

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- What? What? No, no,
citizeness, this is not Vera,

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this is a public institution. Dial
your number more carefully in the future.

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Have we got any clientele in there?

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- We do.
- There are five.

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The devils must bring them.
They only hinder our work.

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What a disgrace, hurry them up!

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Right away...

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- Stop!
Start tidying up at once!

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Got it?! In half an hour the cafe
should be glittering like on May 1!

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Got it!

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Stepan! How about your kitchen?

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Where's Nikifor and Petka?

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Well, the kitchen's in the kitchen,
Silantiy Savelyich...

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- Nikifor!

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Nikifor Spiridonych!

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- Hello!
- What are you doing?

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- Compote...
- What compote?

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- Compote,
- What compote? Dim-wit! What?

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Boiling it, Silantiy Savelyevich.

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- I see.

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- Where's the cook, Nikifor?

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- Uncle Nikifor went to take a shower,
Silantiy Savelyevich.

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- He's bathing?

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During working hours, disgraceful.

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- Nikifor! Nikifor!

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- What?
- Stop bathing!

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Urgent business!
- Guests again, or some delegation?

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- No, it's no mere delegation...
Hurry, dear fellow, hurry.

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Hurry!
Wash off the soap!

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- It's an inspection, you know.

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- An inspection?
- That's right!

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- Dear fellow, prepare a single
personal dinner!

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- From what?
- From meat, that's what!

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- We're out of meat,
and no new meat has been delivered.

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Because you use the car
for personal matters.

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- Oh, heavens... then you just think
of something, use your imagination.

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My imagination... has run out.

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Only emptiness is left.

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Stop fooling people, we had a dining hall
and now there's neither fish nor fowl.

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Enough window-dressing, when the inspector
comes, I'll tell him how things are.

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- I'll tell you a thing or two...
you dried fish.

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None of that around here...

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- OK, here's the plan. Zhora, hurry to
my home. Tell my wife: "Silantiy
Savelyevich will arrive

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for his lunch after lunchtime,
and tell her to send my lunch here.

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Got that?

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- Got it...

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Seems in order.

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- Come on, come on! Work!
Don't be lazy, team!

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Ah?! Just look at what this place
was beginning to look like!

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And so it began... it had been a long
time since the walls of that dining
hall had seen such comradely,

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vigorous work.

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[Wash your hands. Do not smoke.]
[Wipe your feet. Do not litter.]

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An urn is man's friend -
spit at it.

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Bon appetit

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Look, one only needs to have the will,
and everything start going well!

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No worse than the "Wild Pansies" cafe.

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True, it looks beautiful.

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It should look like this every day,
Silantiy Savelyich.

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- What for? The inspection
is not every day.

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- And you, change your bathrobe
and brush your hair. You look disgusting.

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- You do not like it?
Then go to another dining hall.

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Oh! You would talk back to me?!
Shameless woman!

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- Sorry, my mistake.

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I warn you, Nyushka, if you're rude to
anyone in the next half hour,

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you'll fly out of here like a cork!

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- What's that?

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There's no lunch today, good citizen!

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- You're not letting me,
a regular customer, inside?

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- We're doing an inventory checkup!

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- In-vent-ory check-up!

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You want me to sing it to you?

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- Old man, old man, let me in...
to get a bite. Old man...

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Old man, I can't do without it...

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- Citizen, leave!

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- Guvnor! I'm a regular!
- Citizen, go outside!

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You're a little tipsy...

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- It's written here in plain Russian:
"Closed for inventorying of dishes,
knives and forks. --Administration"

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- Pardon me!

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- Alarm! Citizens! Alarm! Citizens!

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- The committee is arriving!
- Dear Lord, let us survive this!

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- Drop everything!

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Ugh! All in their places!

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Hurry, hurry! Where is my coat?
Where is the jacket?

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Petka, Petka, Petka,
quickly, into the kitchen!

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Hurry, hurry!

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- Come in, come in,
we've been awaiting you for some time!

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- Thank you,
You'll bring me to the manager?

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Yes, he is here, this way please.

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- Ah, hello!
- Hello!

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- You've come to visit us?
- Uh-huh.

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- Delighted to see you.
I'm the manager.

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- Here, come in.
Make yourself comfortable.

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- You're most welcome,

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- No, thank you, I'm full.

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I would like to talk to you
about a specific matter.

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- Any matter is best started with
a little bite. Here you are.

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- Nyushka!
That is (what am I saying)...

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Angelina Petrovna!
Quickly! Serve us!

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- Mmm... But it looks so nice here!
No worse than in the nearby cafe.

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- Well, of course, we do
strive for neatness...

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- Well, what can I get you,
my lady?

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- Is Zhora back yet?
- No.

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- Ah... he really let me down...
What am I to do?

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Produce Transport

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- Excuse me, you've got
a little cotton on your shoulder.

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Nothing to wonder at there;
there's a summer breeze.

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All sorts of fibers are
floating in the air.

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- Did you see Raikin* on TV yesterday?
*renowned Russian comedian

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Oh, how clever he is!
- Oh why, oh why's life's so sad
for a lonely guy?

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He can't walk, he can't sit,
He can't even simply lie.

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He has lost his even keel,
Life no longer seems so real,

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Such an awful situation
would bring anyone to heel...

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There is no smoke without fire.

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Isn't that so, yes...

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Oh, I beg your pardon.

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I must leave you. There's always
something that I must be managing.

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- That's quite all right. Go on.

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What's this?

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Oh! - That's not right!

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- Hmm... right.

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- What's gotten into you?
- I got worried!

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- Ooh... you tortoise!

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- The lunch turned out well?

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- See to it, or I'll fire you!

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- Dang... you're throwing me off!

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- Your favourite mushroom soup, Silan.

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A chickabiddy, kisel...

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- Uh-huh. Stepan, where are you?!
Take this quietly into the kitchen.

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And you Nyushka, will
deliver it to the table.

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And you sit right here.

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- Petya, help me out!

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I will go to that inspector
and tell her the whole truth.

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And now we will treat
you to some soup.

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Soup with mushrooms!

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The people are delighted by it.

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- Yes.

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- Of course, there are individuals,
that, how should one say it...

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think too much of themselves...

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Write complaints that
other dining halls are better...

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But our clientele appreciates us.

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Nyushka! Er... Angelina Petrovna,
what's keeping you?

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Bring us the mushroom soup.

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- Coming, coming!

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- Here it is, the soup,
joy of my life... please, take it!

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- Yes, this soup is good...

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- It certainly is! My wife cooks like a...
I mean, even my wife doesn't cook like this.

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Our cook, Nikifor Spiridonych,
is an artist!

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An honest-to-goodness artist.

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-So... what shall I offer you
for seconds?

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- I know, I know: chicken!

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- No, I do not want chicken.

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I want something simpler; a cutlet.

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Well, cutlets... minced meat...
You never know what could be in it...

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But a chickabiddy, now that's
a hygienic foodthing.

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Nobody can put any suspicious
additives into it!

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- Oh! This is looks delicious...
Look here...

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You've made me very happy
with the quality of your food.

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It's good cooking.

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Very good. And it's so
clean and pretty here.

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Most importantly: the food's delicious.

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I live near here and from this day on
I will dine here every day.

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You don't mind...?

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Eh!... Yes... of course,
I'd even be delighted...

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And not alone, but with my whole family.

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Ah!... Your whole family?!

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- Well yes, all seven of them,
- All seven?

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Yes, there's seven of us.
Moreover, since we've just moved

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into a new building, and it is
nearby, we could all be your patrons.

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Our whole apartment building will come
for lunch, but only on the condition

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that you will serve all the tenants
with such delicious lunches.

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- Lunches like this
for all the tenants?

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- Yes.

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- Comrade inspector, allow me
to tell you the whole truth.

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- But I'm not an inspector...

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- What do you mean, not the inspector?

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- Not... not the inspector?...

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By what right then did you
eat someone else's lunch?

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Who then are you?

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I am... how shall I put it... a sort
of public control...

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But from tomorrow on, we will
assign you a representative

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who will be on duty with you
all the time, from morning to evening.

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THE END
Subs by Alevtina & Eus (2016),
rev. Niffiwan (2023, animatsiya.net)