Chapter 1 – In which we become acquainted with Vinni Puh and a few suspicious bees
The narrator says that a long time ago (maybe last Friday), there was a bear named Vinni Puh. Vinni goes along the road and sings [I couldn’t understand most of the song except that at one point he slows down enough to say “I’m not always bad”). He sees a sign that says something to the effect of “really big oak tree.” Debates with himself at the tree whether he should climb it to get honey. He decides to. Falls out of the tree, goes to the piglet thing (his best friend). The sign on the piglet’s place says, roughly, “done by stranger v” (but even piglet himself doesn’t know who stranger v is). Puh says that he needs a balloon. Piglet asks, “What do you need a balloon for?” Puh whispers into his ear… “honey” (the word for honey sounds like “myot”—kinds rhymes with “boat”). Piglet says “who gets honey with a balloon??” Puh replies, “I do.” As it so happens, someone had given piglet two balloons, one green, and one blue. Puh loves the balloons, saying that the bees won’t suspect a thing because the green one blends in the leaves, and the blue one looks like a piece of sky. But Piglet points out that the bees will realize that Puh himself is under the balloons. Puh says, “Maybe they’ll realize it, maybe not.”
Together they trot off to the tree, singing a song that I can’t really understand, and Puh stops to ask piglet if he has an umbrella. Puh says, “Just in case, we should take an umbrella. We’ll be ready for whatever the bees give us.” Puh swan dives into the mud, comes out, and says, “There. Now I’m a real cloud.” They get to the tree, and Puh blows up the balloon some more and tells piglet to release the balloon. Puh asks piglet if he looks like a cloud.
Piglet replies… “No, not really.” The bees come out and aren’t buying Puh’s getup. Puh realizes this, and tells piglet to pretend like it’s going to rain. Meanwhile, Puh sings a song about how he is a cloud. Puh asks Piglet if he has a toy gun at home. He fetches it, shoots, and misses. Puh asks piglet what he’s shooting at. “The cloud, of course,” replies, piglet. Puh tells him to shoot the balloon. Piglet shoots again, it hits Puh in the butt. Piglet says, “Did I hit it?” to which Puh replies, “No, you hit it right on. Except that you missed the balloon.” Piglet shoots again, hits the balloon this time, and Puh falls. He hits the ground, the mud comes off him, and Piget says “Vinni… Vinni?”
The End.
Fun little cartoon. I assume that there is a second part on youtube somewhere that continues the story. Note that there is no “w” sound in Russian; they replace it with a “v” sound. Hence Vinni and not Winnie. And the the “h” in “puh” is a cross between an “h” and a “k”.
Chapter 1 – In which we become acquainted with Vinni Puh and a few suspicious bees
The narrator says that a long time ago (maybe last Friday), there was a bear named Vinni Puh. Vinni goes along the road and sings [I couldn’t understand most of the song except that at one point he slows down enough to say “I’m not always bad”). He sees a sign that says something to the effect of “really big oak tree.” Debates with himself at the tree whether he should climb it to get honey. He decides to. Falls out of the tree, goes to the piglet thing (his best friend). The sign on the piglet’s place says, roughly, “done by stranger v” (but even piglet himself doesn’t know who stranger v is). Puh says that he needs a balloon. Piglet asks, “What do you need a balloon for?” Puh whispers into his ear… “honey” (the word for honey sounds like “myot”—kinds rhymes with “boat”). Piglet says “who gets honey with a balloon??” Puh replies, “I do.” As it so happens, someone had given piglet two balloons, one green, and one blue. Puh loves the balloons, saying that the bees won’t suspect a thing because the green one blends in the leaves, and the blue one looks like a piece of sky. But Piglet points out that the bees will realize that Puh himself is under the balloons. Puh says, “Maybe they’ll realize it, maybe not.”
Together they trot off to the tree, singing a song that I can’t really understand, and Puh stops to ask piglet if he has an umbrella. Puh says, “Just in case, we should take an umbrella. We’ll be ready for whatever the bees give us.” Puh swan dives into the mud, comes out, and says, “There. Now I’m a real cloud.” They get to the tree, and Puh blows up the balloon some more and tells piglet to release the balloon. Puh asks piglet if he looks like a cloud.
Piglet replies… “No, not really.” The bees come out and aren’t buying Puh’s getup. Puh realizes this, and tells piglet to pretend like it’s going to rain. Meanwhile, Puh sings a song about how he is a cloud.
Puh asks Piglet if he has a toy gun at home. He fetches it, shoots, and misses. Puh asks piglet what he’s shooting at. “The cloud, of course,” replies, piglet. Puh tells him to shoot the balloon. Piglet shoots again, it hits Puh in the butt. Piglet says, “Did I hit it?” to which Puh replies, “No, you hit it right on. Except that you missed the balloon.” Piglet shoots again, hits the balloon this time, and Puh falls. He hits the ground, the mud comes off him, and Piget says “Vinni… Vinni?”
The End.
Fun little cartoon. I assume that there is a second part on youtube somewhere that continues the story. Note that there is no “w” sound in Russian; they replace it with a “v” sound. Hence Vinni and not Winnie. And the the “h” in “puh” is a cross between an “h” and a “k”.