throne cave!
Come back, unruly daughter!
No, alone!
Mind your father.
You think I invited those suitors
for my own pleasure?
And what suitors!
Thoroughbred magicians!
I'm thoroughly sick of
your thoroughbred magicians!
What kind of suitor
dou you want, then?
A plain suitor,
like those on earth.
What? On earth?
I didn't hear that.
My dream is like this:
We're on a path in the woods...
- And who's "we"?
- He and I.
The path is wide, but we walk
as if it's very narrow.
There're mushrooms all around,
yet we're not picking them.
Suddenly he says:
"My darling little dove!"
What d'you know!
All the mushrooms!
- Were there any flap mushrooms?
- I think so.
Wait. There's a land-lubber czar
who has owed me a debt.
Hang on, father Czar,
I'm going to help my father.
Don't be sad, I'll be right back.
I'll make a fisherman out of you.
- Andrey!
- Coming, papa!
If you only knew who your papa is.
You're my flesh and blood.
Your debt!
The debt...
Bye, Baby Bunting.
Daddy's gone a-hunting!
To get a little rabbit skin
to wrap his little baby in.
Eat porridge hot.
Eat porridge cold.
Eat porridge in the pot
Nine days old!
Sprinkle it with rose and lavender
essence for good smell.
The Czar will come back
and want to wash his white hands.
Scat!
Bad news! Chudo Yudo
pointed his finger at me.
Demons, demons, away!
You must have been seeing things.
I've waited for this for years.
Perhaps, I've had a vision.
You've sure had!
Calm down and wash your hands.
Your debt!
I guess that's it!
What do we do now?
We shouldn't let the little trick
we played go to waste.
It's time you gave this oaf
to Chudo Yudo.
What if the oaf refuses?
I'll set a trap
that he's sure to accept.
Do it!
There'll be expenses. We'll need
four pounds of salted pork,
half a dozen herring
and a lot of pickled cucumbers.
Do it!
I'm thirsty! I'm dying of thirst!
Bad luck!
I forgot to take the water along.
- You forgot?
- I forgot.
Just you wait! The old man
will die some day soon.
Then I'll have you drawn
and quartered, Aphonia!
- Don't be angry, Czarevich.
- I'm thirsty!
There's a well not far from here.
- Where?
- Right over there...
What did I tell you?
He couldn't wait to go.
You're a sly fox!
Great pickles! With horseradish!
- Where are you going?
- To help him a little bit.
Smart fellow!
Nice cold water.
- Pushed him a little?
- Pushed him plenty.
Not a nice thing to do, is it?
A miracle! I came out of the water
all dry.
A three-hundred pounder!
You dare laugh at me,
the Czarevich?
Nasty fat boy!
Mama!
Help! Nannies!
Stop yelling!
Stop screaming!
- Who are you?
- A happy fairy from the stump.
Are you making fun of me?
You're only a guest here,
don't you forget that!
Under water, do
as the underwaterites do!
Stop dancing!
Tell me what's going on.
- Why am I here?
- Blame your father's beard.
My father's beard?
Nanny!
You little rascal!
Oh Nanny! Oh dear!
What's wrong, child?
Did anyone hurt you,
my little treasure?
A bad stranger who is so fat!
There, there, my sweet baby!
So after 18 years
Czar Yeremey had
to send you here
to pay an old debt.
Let him just wait! I'll tell mama!
Don't shout! Here's my advice,
Czarevich young and nice.
Go to Chudo Yudo straight
and bow before him, the great!
And where do I find your...
Chudo Yudo?
You'll go straight
till you come to a glade.
Stamp your foot three times
clap your hands twice and whistle.
- How?
- Like this.
If you can't do it like this,
a poorer whistle will do.
A strange creature will appear
when you whistle.
He has ears like a hare,
eyes, I don't know from where,
a lion's tale,
though not of the male.
He will take you to the ferry,
there you yell for the ferrymen.
Yes, and then?
They're waiting for you
on the other side.
- Who?
- That's a surprise!
Not so fast there!
What now?
You've got to take a carrot along.
It's for the strange creature.
And a pot of honey.
For