Wish upon a Pike (По щучьему веленью)

By the Pike's Will.

In a certain kingdom, in a certain country there lived a poor man called Yemelya. It didn't matter how much he worked - he had nothing.

It's cold. Why don't you bring some wood, Yemelya.

But how can I bring it, mother!

The Father-Tsar took away the last horse from us!

Well, then, Yemelya, go and fetch some water..

We will have it instead of the soup.

The boisterous winds and the blizsards.

Have pity for Yemelya.

Angry frost and angry cold, don't let Yemelya freeze.

Please don't touch my patches.

Please don't bite my heels.

Angry frost and angry cold, don't let Yemelya freeze. Ah!

Ah!

Please don't go under my coat.

Please don't bite my armpits.

Angry frost and angry cold, don't let Yemelya freeze.

Please don't touch my poor patches, eh!

Please don't bite...

Pike! Aha! Gotcha, darling!

Let me go Yemelya, let me go!

No, I will not let you go!

My little children'll cry for me!

Well, if you have small kids, then swim on!

And I will make you happy for your whole life!

Ask for whatever you want!

What I want, uh... What I want!

I want my bucket to go into the house by itself!

And, ah! Ha-ha-ha!

Have it your way! Repeat after me:

By the pike's will..

By my wish..

The bucket..

Go into the house by yourself!

What a pike! You've done a great service!

Let me kiss you good-bye!

Did you see that! Ah!

Why did you, my dear mother, come out into the frost without a fur coat?

It's not good!

Why, Yemelya! What is...? shsh!

By the pike's will, by my wish..

Appear.. a fox fur coat and a silk shawl.

Ah! Mother, where are you?

I am here.

In the same kingdom, in the same country, there lived a Tsar-the-Peas with his daughter Tsarevna-Never-a-Smile.

You don't give any food to the Tsar's daughter!

Tsarevna, taste the goose.

White-winged goose with apples and prunes!

- It's so tasty! - It's so tasty!

I'm afraid! The goose will bite me, bite me!

But it's not alive, Tsarevna! Yes, it is fried!

All the same, I'm afraid! It bites even when it's fried!

Tsarevna, taste the ice cream. It just melts in your mouth!

Oh, I'm cold! I'm cold!

Frost! Oh, I'm freezing! Oh, it's cold! Oh-oh-oh!

Oh, you've frozen me!

It's hot.

It's cold! Frost!

Tsar-the-Peas and his Tsar's men don't sleep, don't eat, they think about how to amuse Tsarevna-Never-a-Smile?

Oh.

It's my advice, Father-Tsar:

Call a doctor for the Tsarevna from overseas.

There is one. There is!

By the name of Mix and by the surname Turk.

Is he a Turk?

He's not a Turk but the doctor Mix Turk.

- Well, I say, prophetic kurk! Ah? - Yeah.

Turn out well, won't turn out well..

Father-Tsar give an order:

To send messengers to all four corners of the earth..

Over the seas, over the oceans and over the giant mountains.

Let them declare you decree.

Whoever amuses and makes Tsarevna-Never-a-Smile laugh..

The Tsar will give her in marriage to that man.

Ah? One-two! Ha-ha!

Turn out well, won't turn out well..

Let it be your way, general. Take this for your advice.

A silver ruble.

But for now it's our Tsar's thanks.

Hurray!

What a sledge, goes by itself! Goes by itself, without a horse!

The sledge goes, oh what a sledge! Rides me itself, without a horse!

What a wonder, wonder-wonder! It's not life, but paradise!

Get whatever, you require! Wish whatever, you desire!

Whoa! We've arrived! Yep!

By the pike's will, by my wish..

Come on, wood, saw yourself and put yourself onto the sledge.

What are you afraid of Bear? Come here, we'll make friends! Well?

Oh-oh-oh! Take it easy brother!

Are your kids hungry?

By the pike's will, by my wish..

Three barrels of honey appear here.

Hey good people..

Whoever amuses and makes Tsarevna-Never-a-Smile laugh..

The Tsar will give her in marriage to that man.

They won't find fools to marry Tsarevna-Never-a-Smile!

The Tsar orders, the fools will come!

Well, you look for them, I have no time!

Come on, sledge, go home by yourself!

I'll show you!

Wait, fellow, wait! Get off! I'll show you sledge!

By pike's..

Forward! Where are you going? Go on! Whoa!

Oh, fellow, have mercy!

That's it! By the pike's will, by my wish..

I need you, fellow, you are the guy! Let's go to the Tsar, OK?

I've told you, I won't go!

If the Tsar needs me let him come to me!

I don't need him at all!

By pike's..

By pike's..

Good for you, Misha!

Is it cold for your kids?

By the pike's will, by my wish..

Fierce winter, become hot summer!

The suitors came from over the seas, from over the oceans, from over the giant mountains.

One-two!

Tsar-peas the lord of fleas!

Behind-the-River king, Behind-the-River prince,

Grand Prince of Bold Mountain, the king of the White and Black Rat..

Umm.. and so-forth and so-forth.

One-two.

Prince Gabriel Says.

Prince Gabriel says that Gabriel has a lot of strength..

He can kill with one stroke fifty men and a dog.

Tary-bary, rastabary, tary-bary advibary...

His hands are like hooks, his teeth are like pike's, he can do, whatever he likes.

And Prince-Gabriel's face is full of grace.

Tary-bary, rastabary, tary-bary advibary...

The fat-bellied-king and his nephews..

From the country of cakes and candies.

Take him out!

One-two.

Karl Karlovich Sprat.

- He's perfect. - But small like a bat!

One-two.

Foreign guest Mohamed Akhat.

From a country where halva is found. And nougat, uh, yes.

Tahu-wahu! I can't understand a thing!

Well, have any of you been taught to talk their overseas language?

- I have been taught, Father-Tsar. - Me too.

Look, you're so nimble!

Well, translate what he was saying?

He, Tsar-father, was telling that he is a clever bird!

He can give answers to all the questions in a human language!

A! Well, say, small birdy what's your name? – to a parrot.

My name is Polly (to change to usual English parrot's name).

Ah, my dear!

Well, what's his name?

Eroshka-a-Slave!

A what? Ah?

Open your eyes, turn your ears on!

Who's strangling whom?!

Oh, tiny cute bird!

Well, what's my name? A?

Tsar, Tsar.

Fool! Fool! Enemy! Enemy!