A charming film. The bold, simple character designs out of geometric figures and with bold colours remind me of the puppet films of Roman Kachanov at Soyuzmultfilm around the same time (no wonder, since Salimov apparently studied there). It is also beautifully restored except for the music cutting out for about 30 seconds. Kind of odd to see the sheer enthusiasm for pesticides here - this was before it became fashionable to reduce their use due to the effects on human health. The way it ends slightly reminds me of Bendum and Twistum: Merry Masters (1960), in which the pests are similarly defeated with pesticides at the end.