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Creative Association "Ekran"

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Hans Christian Andersen
THE LITTLE FIR TREE

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A glorious little fir tree
stood in the forest.

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The place where she stood was good -
the sun warmed her,

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and there was plenty of fresh air.

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All round her grew numbers of
larger comrades, both firs and pines;

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but the little fir was
in a great hurry to grow.

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"Oh, if I were only a big tree like
the others," sighed the little tree,

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"then I could spread my branches
far out round me

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and look out into the wide world
with my top!"

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And she found no joy in either
the sun, nor the birds,

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nor in the scarlet clouds that, morning
and evening, sailed over her.

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Thus passed several years.

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Every fall, the woodcutters came into
the woods to cut down the biggest trees.

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"Do you know where they are taken to?"
the tree asked a stork that had flown in.

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"Perhaps I do know", said the stork

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"When I flew out from Egypt, I met

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many new ships with magnificent masts.

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I daresay it was them; they smelt of pine.

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Many's the time I saluted them.
They carried their heads high,

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very high!"

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"Oh, I do wish I was big enough to fly
over the sea too!" sighed the tree.

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"You should rejoice in your youth,"
said the sunbeams.

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The wind caressed the tree
and the dew shed its tears on her,

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But she did not understand that.

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When it was winter, very young
trees were cut down in the forest.

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"Where are they going?" asked the tree,
"Where are they being driven?"

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"We know where they go,"
the sparrows twittered.

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"We have been in town and
peeped through the windows."

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"They come in for brilliance and glory
greater than you can imagine!

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They're planted in the middle 
of a warm room

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and decorated with toys
and hundreds of candles.

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"And then?" asked the tree.

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"Then what?"

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"We didn't see any more,
but it was marvellous!"

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"Maybe I, too, am destined to follow
that shining path?" rejoiced the tree.

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"Oh, how I yearn, how I yearn...

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...to know what will become of me!"

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Day passed after day, week after week.

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And the tree grew and grew,

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And all those who saw her,
said, "what a wonderful tree!"

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At Christmas time, she was the
first of all to be felled.

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She awoke when she heard a voice say:

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"Tonight she will shine."

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"Ah!" thought the Christmas tree,
"Let the evening come soon!"

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The tree dared not even tremble.

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Oh, how terrible it was!

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How afraid she was of losing
any of her finery!

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How astounded she was
by all this glitter!

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"What are they doing?" thought the tree.

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"What will happen next?"

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"A story! A story!" cried the children.

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And a stout little man told them,
the story of Humpty Dumpty,

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who tumbled downstairs,

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but all the same attained honor

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and got himself married
to the Princess.

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"Yes, yes, sometimes that's the way
things go in the world!"

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thought the little fir tree and
she believed that it was all true,

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because it was told by such
a nice little man.

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And she was glad that the next day
they would decorate her again

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with candles, toys, gold and fruit.

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"Now the dressing will begin again!"
rejoiced the tree.

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Many days and nights passed,

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but no one came to the attic.

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"What does that mean?" thought the tree.

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"What am I to do here?"

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"What can I listen to here?"

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"Where do you come from, old tree?" 
asked the mice.

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"I am not at all old," replied the tree.

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"There are many trees much older than me."

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"Do tell us about the loveliest
place in the world.

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Have you been there?"

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"Have you ever been in the storeroom,

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where there are cheeses lying on the
shelves and bacon hanging from the ceiling?"

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"Where you go in thin, and come out fat?"

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"I do not know of such a place,"
said the tree.

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"But I know the forest, where the sun
shines and the birds sing."

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And she told them all about her own youth.

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About how she had been decked out
with cakes and candles.

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And about Humpty Dumpty, the only story
she had heard and memorized word for word.

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"Oh, what a lot you've seen!"

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"Oh, how happy you've been!" said the mice.

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"Happy?" repeated the tree and thought.

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"Yes, after all... those were merry days,

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But they'll come back! 
They'll come back!

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I'll definitely not miss
a chance to be merry

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when I am once again
taken out into the light!"

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"Well, this must be the beginning
of a new life," thought the tree.

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"Now I'll really start to live!"
she rejoiced.

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And the fir tree regretted not having
stayed in her dark corner of the attic.

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She thought of her fresh youth
in the forest,

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and of the merry Christmas Eve,

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and the frisky little mice

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who had so enjoyed listening
to what she told them.

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"Oh, if only I had enjoyed it while
I could," said the poor tree.

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written & directed by Anatoliy Solin
art director Inna Pshenichnaya
camera V. Milovanov

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music Viktor Babushkin
sound Nelli Kudrina
narrated by A. Batalov

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background artist Igor Mednik
animators N, Bazeltseva, V. Sporykhin,
S. Sichkar, S. Petetsky

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montage L. Rudan
script editor V. Medvedovskaya
production director L. Barentsova

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The End
Subs: Aleksandr, Eus, M.R. James, Niffiwan
Creative Association for USSR TV, 1984