The image of a crocodile in our drama is ambiguous. Starting from the swallower of the sun, ending with the absorber of washcloths and threats to devour an unwashed child.

Now we see a strange attempt to give the bloodthirsty reptile the image of a good hero.
Why strange? Yes, because if you look closely at Crocodile Gene, then a lot of questions and versions arise:
Who was this crocodile really?

Version number 1. Cannibal crocodile
Let's remember with what regularity Gena is looking for new friends. Where do the old ones go? What does he do with them and why can't anyone find their remains?

Why doesn't Gena meet at work? He has a fairly large traffic of visitors at the zoo, where he officially works according to his work book.

However, he prefers to lure people one at a time by posting cryptic ads.

Or lures passers-by with his harmonica ballads

The answer is obvious, Gena does not want to shine, extra witnesses are not needed in his criminal occupation.
Another fact, the moment of acquaintance with Cheburashka. What was the first thing the crocodile did? He took the book and began to try to identify eared by name.

It might seem to someone that this is an explanatory dictionary (paper version of Wikipedia). But it was The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food. Gene stupidly wanted to find out what kind of creature this Cheburashka is and what dishes can be prepared from it!
When Gena could not appreciate the culinary value of Cheburashka, he decided to use a trick. With the help of a lop-eared friend, ingratiate himself with the pioneers and eat the entire pioneer detachment. Look at whom the sly look of this insatiable glutton is turned

A rare shot came into my hands when the true face of Gena the crocodile is visible. Now this is a real sensation!

Version number 2. Crocodile spy
There are many points on the basis of which it is possible to come to this conclusion.
Let's start with the fact that what kind of Gennady is he? With such an alligator nose, Alik is at best. On the face (or on the muzzle) an attempt to hide one's origin and blow smoke into the eyes. He sneers, by the way, everything indiscriminately

By the way, about the smoke. The crocodile's bad habit of constantly smoking a pipe betrays him as a foreign resident.
Gena works in a low-paid position at the zoo. And he could have made a career in the circus (rumors about how the Zapashny brothers beat crocodiles were not confirmed). Having so many talents: playing the button accordion, soulful vocals, the ability to play chess.

But, unlike the zoo, the circus is constantly on tour. Therefore, Gena's task was, among other things, to stay in a hospital at the place of deployment.
What else, if not training in a special intelligence center, can explain other talents of Gena:
he easily navigates in the coastal border water area (perhaps this is the way he entered our country),
well versed in all types of explosives (poacher incident)

in all types of construction


and electrical equipment.

Could not get lost in impenetrable forests and in communication routes

All these are quite strange skills for an inhabitant of the jungle, who, according to legend, spent his whole life in the zoo.
Gena made the only puncture when he mistook the trap for an asynchronous radio frequency transmitter

And the famous crocodile song about “pedestrians run clumsily through puddles, and water flows like a river on asphalt”? Why did he sing it standing alone on the street in inclement weather?
The answer lies in the 2nd verse:
"Suddenly a magician will fly in a blue helicopter"
It was an encryption and the crocodile was waiting for a messenger from the center, at the agreed place, at the agreed time.
And this liaison, as you understand, was Cheburashka.
After carefully checking it on a lie detector, the crocodile realized that it was him. Many thought that Gena just decided to look for the name "cheburashka" in Dahl's explanatory dictionary, and this was a technique long known as "friend or foe"

In general, in all American action movies, spies work in pairs. And Gena and Cheburashka were no exception.
However, another pair of valiant scouts, represented as Shapoklyak and her faithful rat named Larisa, took the trail of the treacherous green saboteur.

Gena and Cheburashka were forced to tear their claws and leave by train (without completing the task of destroying the pioneer detachment), leaving everything and not saving on tickets (note that they are going to the SV)

If we take into account the content of the text of the crocodile's repertoire, about the blue helicopter, about the blue wagon, it becomes clear that he came to them on a mission from a country that is distinguished by its special tolerance.
Who Shapoklyak really was, you will learn from our next issue.

Eduard Uspensky fairy tale "Crocodile Gena and his friends"

The main characters of the fairy tale "Crocodile Gena and his friends" and their characteristics

1. Cheburashka, a beast unknown to science, is a very cheerful, affectionate, loyal friend.
2. Crocodile Gena, very kind and sympathetic, loyal friend.
3. Girl Galya, very kind, cheerful, smart.
4. Shapoklyak, an old woman, harmful and insidious.

Plan for retelling the fairy tale "Crocodile Gena and his friends"

1. Box of oranges
2. Shop and name
3. Phone station
4. Crocodile Gena.
5. Galya girl.
6. Who is Cheburashka
7. Gena goes to visit Cheburashka
8. Gene - Little Red Riding Hood
9. Doggy Tobik
10. Lev Chandr
11. Shapoklyak declares war
12. ball in mouth
13. The search for a loser
14. Giraffe Anyuta
15. Monkey and alarm clock
16. Bricks from Ivan Ivanovich
17. Evil Cheburashka
18. Shapoklyak on a tree
19. Rhino capture
20. bent nails
21. Cheburashka's speech
22. Oath of Cheburashka
23. All around friends
24. Air balloons

The shortest content of the fairy tale "Crocodile Gena and his friends" for the reader's diary in 6 sentences

1. Cheburashka in a box of oranges arrives in the city and settles in a telephone booth.
2. He begins to make friends with Gena and Galya, and the friends decide to make friends with everyone in the city.
3. Regular visitors interfere with Gene's rest, and friends decide to build a house of friendship.
4. Shapoklyak interferes with friends, releases a rhinoceros, which is caught by Cheburashka
5. The house is built, but it turns out that all the builders have already become friends
6. Friends make a club and send Shapoklyak to fly in balloons.

The main idea of ​​the fairy tale "Crocodile Gena and his friends"
The most wonderful thing in the world is friendship.

What does the fairy tale "Crocodile Gena and his friends" teach
This fairy tale teaches to be faithful and kind friends, teaches to always help and support each other. Teaches that working together brings you closer and sometimes opposites attract. It teaches that one cannot be evil and harmful, because retribution always comes for this.

Review of the fairy tale "Crocodile Gena and his friends"
"Crocodile Gena and his friends" is a very interesting and fascinating book. It is written in a simple and understandable language, it has a lot of funny moments. However, this is a very kind book and all the characters in it are happy. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and literally couldn't put it down. I advise everyone to read this fairy tale by Eduard Uspensky.

Proverbs to the fairy tale "Crocodile Gena and his friends"
A tree is supported by roots, but a person is supported by friends.
Better a faithful friend than a precious stone.
There is no friend - look, found - take care.

Summary, a brief retelling of the tale "Crocodile Gena and his friends" by chapter
Introduction.
The author says that as a child he had three favorite toys - a Galya doll, a green crocodile Gena and Cheburashka, about which no one knew what kind of animal it was.
Chapter first.
Cheburashka lived in the tropical forest, who did not yet know that his name was. One day he went for a walk and found boxes of oranges. Cheburashka climbed into the box, began to eat oranges and fell asleep. The workers nailed the boxes and sent them on a long journey.
When one box was opened in a fruit shop, there were almost no oranges in it, but there was a very fat Cheburashka.
They put him on a table, but he fell into a chair. Then he fell from his chair to the floor and the store manager called him Cheburashka. so Cheburashka got his name.
Cheburashka was not accepted to the zoo and he began to work in a discount store, and live in a telephone booth at the entrance to the store.
Chapter two.
In the same city lived the crocodile Gena, who worked as a crocodile in the zoo. One day he became very sad and wrote an ad that he was looking for friends.
Chapter three.
The next day, the girl Galya came to Genya and pointed out to him the errors in the ad. Then Cheburashka came and everyone began to think who he was. Gena and Galya decided that it was a leopard and wanted to look in the encyclopedia, but since they were looking for the beech K, because leopards bite and the letter R, because leopards roar, they did not find anything. But Cheburashka said that he does not growl and does not bite.
Gena and Galya decide to be friends with Cheburashka.
Chapter Four.
Friends decided to play something, but could not come up with a game. Then Cheburashka said that it was too late and everyone agreed with him. Cheburashka slept badly, he did not believe that he had such good friends.
Chapter five.
Once Cheburashka decided to invite Gena to visit and called him. Then he called again and asked to take cups, then take a coffee pot, then take a bucket and draw water. When Gena arrived, Cheburashka asked for coffee.
Friends had fun, but Gena asked Cheburashka to come to his house next time.
Chapter six.
Galya fell ill and was worried about the performance in which she played. But Gena decided to replace her.
Gena played Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf was dumbfounded when he saw such a Little Red Riding Hood. When the Wolf ate Grandma and wanted to eat Little Red Riding Hood, Gena almost ate the Wolf and he ran away in fear. The children were delighted.
Chapter seven.
Once Cheburashka found a small dog on the street, who said that her name was Tobik. It turned out that Tobik was kicked out of the house because he became big, and the owners got a new puppy. Cheburashka gave Tobik the keys to the booth and went to Gena.
Chapter eight.
At the zoo, Cheburashka meets Galya and rejoices that she has recovered. Friends take the fat crocodile Volodya for Gena, and he is offended.
Friends go home to Gene and then the lion Chandr comes, who is looking for a friend. Cheburashka brings Tobik and introduces him to Chandr. The lion is embarrassed by the small size of the dog, but his friends calm him down. Chandr and Tobik leave satisfied with each other.
Friends remember everyone who does not have a friend and decide to make them friends.
Chapter nine.
The friends turn Gena's house into the house of Friendship. The first to arrive is an old woman with a pet rat. She is glad that the crocodile is green and can be hidden on the lawn. The old woman offers various dirty tricks. She says that good deeds cannot be glorified and does five evils a day.
Upon learning that friends have made the House of Friendship, Shapoklyak declares war on them.
Chapter ten.
The next day there are a lot of people in the House of Friendship.
A boy came who was looking for a well-bred loser and outrageous. And Cheburashka decided to take up this business.
Chapter Eleven.
Gena and Cheburashka were walking down the street when something started hitting them on the head. Cheburashka noticed the rat Lariska and realized that these were Shapoklyak's intrigues. The harmful old woman threw a ball on an elastic band at her friends from behind the fence.
Gena caught the ball with his teeth, pulled on the elastic, and then opened his mouth. The ball flew into Shapoklyak's mouth
The old woman went to the doctor, but he did not treat her when she nodded and said that she was a foreigner.
Chapter twelve.
Cheburashka and Gena are looking for losers and blockheads in schools. Gena finds a boy with six deuces, Cheburashka with eight, but he refuses to be friends with someone who has less than ten deuces a month.
Chapter thirteen.
A loser who needs a friend comes to Gena again. He is told about a loser from the fifth school and the boy is surprised. It turns out that it is himself.
Chapter fourteen.
The head looks out the window. This is Anyuta the giraffe, who also needs a friend, because she loses all her friends due to being too tall.
Chapter fifteen.
When Gena went to bed there was a knock on the door. The monkey Maria Frantsevna came, who needed a friend with whom it would not be necessary to talk. After all, the monkey's mouth was always stuffed with various useful little things.
Leaving, Maria Frantsevna took away Gena's alarm clock and he overslept for work. And the monkey's ears were ringing and ticking, so she had to go to the doctor.
Chapter sixteen.
Gena says that he needs to rest and Cheburashka offers to build a house. Friends call the help desk and find out that Ivan Ivanovich is engaged in bricks.
Chapter seventeen.
Ivan Ivanovich warned his friends that he would give only half of the bricks, such was his rule. Then friends asked for bricks for two houses and received a thousand pieces for one. They cheated and said that half of the road would be at the kindergarten.
Chapter eighteen.
Bricks were brought to the kindergarten, and friends fenced off the site. So that Gena would not be recognized by his acquaintances, he put on a helmet. And when Valera recognized him, he said that it was neither Gena nor a crocodile.
Chapter nineteen.
One day, an inscription Cautiously angry dog ​​appeared on the fence, but instead of a dog, a cat ran out for sausage.
Friends guessed that these were the tricks of Shapoklyak and wrote Cautiously evil Cheburashka.
Chapter Twenty.
When Shapoklyak looked at the construction site to look at the evil Cheburashka, a stick hit her on the nose. The old woman was offended, ran to the zoo and released the rhinoceros. The rhinoceros gave Shapoklyak a horn so that she flew over the fence. Fleeing from the rhinoceros, Shapoklyak climbs a tree.
Chapter twenty one.
In the evening, Cheburashka saw Shapoklyak on a tree and found out that she was fleeing from a rhinoceros. Cheburashka went to look for a rhinoceros, stumbled upon him and the rhinoceros chased him. Cheburashka thinks about the reward he will be given. Rhino runs around the house, and Cheburashka sits on the sidelines. Cheburashka figured out what to do, and drove the rhino into a narrow street, where he got stuck between the houses.
Chapter twenty two.
The house was built slowly and friends called all those who wanted to find a friend. Once a reporter came to the construction site, interviewed and wrote about the huge House of Friendship, which is being built by ten crocodiles, ten giraffes and ten round honors students.
Chapter twenty three.
Cheburashka is sad because his shop is about to be closed and his friends decide to help Cheburashka. They make a queue and people sweep everything off the store shelves.
Chapter twenty four.
Friends decide to dismantle the fence to build a roof and Cheburashka goes to the storekeeper. He, having learned about the House of Friendship, decides to give Cheburashka bent nails, and Cheburashka asks for a bent hammer. Then the storekeeper gives normal nails.
Chapter twenty five.
The house is being painted and Cheburashka is rehearsing a speech. He hung around all night.
Chapter twenty-six.
The House of Friendship is solemnly opened, and a brick falls on Cheburashka's head. Cheburashka promises to get even with Shapoklyak.
Chapter twenty seven.
After the opening of the house, it turned out that all the builders became friends and the friends decide to make a club out of the House of Friendship. And Cheburashka is given as a toy to kindergarten.
End.
Cheburashka wants to get even with Shapoklyak. Friends bring balloons to the old woman and give them away for free. The old woman is greedy, takes all the balls, and the balls lift her into the air. Shapoklyak flies away.

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Plot

The action takes place in the city of Prostokvashinsky. For ten years of work in the Prostokvashinsky zoo, Crocodile Gena earned a capital of $ 5,000, but he does not know how best to spend it, and therefore consults with friends: Cheburashka, Shapoklyak, Lev Chandr and the girl Galya. Chandra manages to persuade Gena to invest in sawmill shares, and Shapoklyak, with the help of his nephew Vova Rublev, who works on the stock exchange, helps to buy them. Galya offers to invest in art or real estate. As a result, Gena tries different ways of investing capital. In parallel with all the events, the reader is told about such things as stocks, connections, profits, currency, advertising and the business system as a whole.

Characters

Main

• Crocodile Gena - works in the Prostokvashinsky zoo, has a capital of $ 5,000 (or yogurt). He is a shareholder of the Prostokvashinsky sawmill. Cheburashka's best friend.
• Cheburashka is Gena's best friend, lives in his apartment in a home doghouse produced by the Prostokvashinsky sawmill. Like Gena, she is interested in everything related to business.
• Lev Chandr - has many businessmen friends in Prostokvashinsky, a shareholder of the Prostokvashinsky sawmill.
• Galya is a pioneer, well versed in business.

"Fathers of the city" (entrepreneurs), shareholders of the sawmill

• Grigory Kravchuk is a farmer with 25 cows, five workers and two tractors. Has a smart daughter Sonya (25 years old).
• Boris Divinovich Sukosyan - director of a sawmill, founder of a company of shareholders for the manufacture of domestic dog kennels.
• Mikhail Kochin - design engineer, in charge of the furniture and stool department at the sawmill. 28 years old, single.
• General Dubinin is the director of a military factory masquerading as a film factory. He walks in a padded jacket, under which he wears a disguised general's tunic with orders and medals.
• Dupont Ivanovich Rockefeller - Director of Prostokvashinsky-Nayshel-Bank-Corporation. Has ten children, whom everyone calls "duponchi".
• Elizaveta Bonch-Bruevich is the director of the Titanic insurance company. Nicknamed "Black Angel".
• Sonya - 25 years old, the daughter of a farmer Kravchuk, an experienced businessman, a shareholder of the Prostokvashinsky sawmill.

Minor characters

• Artist Dmitry Shushkalov - paints landscapes in which no one can understand what is depicted in the picture. He feuds with the artist Vasily Shuisky, whom he calls a creeping realist.
• Artist Vasily Shuisky - paints amazingly accurate paintings. He is at odds with the artist Dmitry Shushkalov, calling him "a dense avant-garde artist."
• Vova Rublev - the grandson of Shapoklyak, works at the stock exchange.

Other

• Mikhaila Prostokvashyn is the founder of Prostokvashynsk. He founded this city in the time of Minin and Pozharsky, when, together with a detachment of the Cossack army, he got lost in the vast taiga.

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Test

Chapters 1-3

1. Where did Cheburashka live before he got to the fruit shop?

A) at the zoo B) in the rainforest C) at the toy factory

2. How did Cheburashka end up in a fruit shop?

A) he climbed into the orange box to eat and fell asleep there

B) he came to the store to eat oranges

C) the director brought it to the store

3. Why was Cheburashka called that?

A) because of incomprehensible large ears

B) because of their incomprehensible appearance

C) due to the fact that he could not sit and cheburahnulsya on the floor

4. Why was Cheburashka not accepted to the zoo?

a) He was too short

B) he turned out to be an unknown animal

c) because he could talk

5. Where did Cheburashka live when he worked in a discount store?

A) in a box B) in the store manager's house C) in a telephone booth

6. Where did Gena the crocodile work?

A) in a store B) in a zoo C) in a restaurant

7. What game did Gena the crocodile play when he came home from work?

A) tic-tac-toe B) sea battle C) computer

8. In which building did Gena the crocodile live?

A) "a" B) "2" C) "s"

9. What made Gena the crocodile write a friend ad?

A) he wanted to eat someone

B) he lost to himself forty games in a row

C) he wanted to meet Cheburashka

10. How old was Gena the crocodile?

A ) 45 B) 60 C) 50

11. How did the girl, Cheburashka and Gena the crocodile meet?

A) the girl and Cheburashka came to Gena according to the announcement

B) in the store where Cheburashka worked

B) at the zoo

12. How many mistakes did Gena make in the ad?

A) 5 B) 18 C) 3

13. Where did the girl Galya work?

A) at the zoo B) at the children's theater C) at the store

Chapters 4-6

14. What object, standing on the table at the crocodile Gena, did Cheburashka see and say,

is it time to leave?

A) alarm clock B) computer C) mobile phone

15. Why did Cheburashka sleep badly on the day he met his friends?

A) overeating oranges

B) he could not believe that he had friends

C) was upset that he did not know who he was

16. Where did friends gather almost every evening?

A) Cheburashka's B) Gena's C) Gali's

17. What did Cheburashka ask to take with him when he invited Gena for the first time?

A) tic-tac-toe paper

B) alarm clock

C) a cup, a coffee pot, coffee and a bucket

18. What did Gena make coffee on while visiting Cheburashka?

A) on the fire B) on the stove C) in the microwave

A) books B) jokes C) reference books, textbooks and train schedules

20. What happened to Galya when she didn't come to her friends?

a) went to grandma

B) got sick

C) was at a theater performance

21. What role did Galya play in the play Little Red Riding Hood?

A) mother B) granddaughter C) grandmother

Chapters 7-10

22. What did Galya get sick with when the doctors forbade her to come to her?

A) influenza B) tonsillitis C) chicken pox

23. When did Cheburashka meet Tobik?

A) when he went to visit Galya

b) when you go to work

C) when I went to Gena at the zoo

24. Why did the hostess kick Tobik out of the house?

A) he was naughty

B) he got old C) another puppy appeared

25. Who did Cheburashka meet at the entrance to the zoo, after he gave Tobik the key

from your home?

A) store manager B) Galya C) Shapoklyak

26. What was the name of the crocodile who worked the second shift at the zoo and was

looks like a sausage with paws?

A) Gena B) Valera C) Vitaly

27. With whom did Cheburashka introduce the lion Chandra?

A) with the store manager

B) with the director of the zoo

C) with puppy Tobik

28. What good deed did Gena, Galya and Cheburashka decide to do?

A) remove all papers from the street

B) make friends with lonely people

B) participate in the action

29. What was the name of the place where they came to look for friends?

A) school B) friendship house C) dating house

30. Who were Galya and Gena afraid of when an old woman entered their house?

A) a dog B) a rat C) an old woman

31. What was the name of the one who was brought by the old woman on a string?

A) Shapoklyak B) Masha C) Lariska

32. Whom did the grimy boy ask to be his friend?

A) round honors student

B) round dvoechnik

B) fighter

33. Where did Gena and Cheburashka look for round losers for a boy?

A) in schools B) in yards

B) sports fields

34. What did the grimy kid forget to do when he came to the “house of friendship”?

A) take off your shoes

B) say hello

B) wash your hands

35. What was the name of the giraffe?

A) Lariska B) Anyuta C) Shapoklyak

36. Maria Frantsevna is -

A ) giraffe B) monkey C) old woman

37. What did Maria Frantsevna accidentally stuff into her mouth with her things?

A) a cup B) a coffee pot C) an alarm clock

38. What was the last name of the doctor who treated everyone with castor oil?

A) Sidorov B) Petrov C) Ivanov

39. Where friends called to find out where to get bricks for construction

new home?

A) to the store B) to the information desk C) to the construction company

40. What rule did Ivan Ivanovich have?

A) do everything to the end

B) do everything halfway

B) do nothing

41. How many bricks did Ivan Ivanovich allocate for the construction of a new house?

A) one hundred B) two hundred C) one thousand

42. What did Gena put on so that they would not recognize him when he worked at a construction site?

A) overalls B) rubber boots C) mask

43. What inscription along the fence did Gena see when he came in the first evening

to a construction site?

A) Caution, danger zone

B) invite builders

C) be careful: an angry dog!

44. Who made this inscription on the fence?

A) Shapoklyak B) round loser C) Cheburashka

45. Whom from the zoo did Shapoklyak feed and try to tame?

A) crocodile B) hippo C) rhinoceros

46. ​​How did Shapoklyak wake up the Little Bird at the zoo?

A) shouted in his ear

B) pounded on the back with a stick

B) doused with cold water

47. How did Shapoklyak escape from the Little Bird?

A) climbed a tree

B) ran into the cage

B) dived into the pool

48. How long did Shapoklyak hang on a tree until Cheburashka appeared?

A) 20 minutes B) 2 hours C) 1 hour

49. What did Shapoklyak answer Cheburashka to the question - who let him out of the zoo

bad rhinoceros?

A) business time - fun hour

B) you will know a lot, you will grow old soon

C) one for all and all for one

50. Who removed Shapoklyak from a tree?

A) Cheburashka B) crocodile Gena C) fire brigade

51. How was the Chick caught?

A) Cheburashka outwitted the rhinoceros and he got stuck between the houses on a narrow

the street

B) the rhinoceros fell into the pit

C) the rhinoceros was caught by zoo employees

52. Who helped Gena, Cheburashka and Galya to build a house?

A) those who wanted to make friends

B) zoo residents

B) builders

53. Marusya is -

A) monkey B) giraffe C) straight A student

54. Who lit the construction site when it got dark?

A) lamppost B) giraffe C) Maria Frantsevna

55. Who turned out to be a tall red-haired citizen with a notebook who came

to a construction site?

A) agent B) correspondent C) president

56. What did the friends decide to make a roof on their house from?

A) iron

B) from the fence that encloses the construction site

B) colored cardboard

57. Who was to get the nails for the roof?

A) Gena B) Maria Frantsevna C) Cheburashka

58. What color did the heroes decide to paint the "House of Friendship"?

A) brown B) green C) different colors

59. Who spoke at the opening of the "House of Friendship"?

A) Gena B) Cheburashka C) Galya

60. What happened to Cheburashka when he opened the door to the Friendship House?

A) slipped on a banana peel

b) a brick fell on his head

C) a bucket of paint spilled over his head

61. What did Cheburashka become as a result?

A) a toy in kindergarten

B) director of the "House of Friendship"

B) the manager of a toy store

62. How did friends punish Shapoklyak?

A) put in a cage in a zoo

b) sent to heaven

B) handed over to the police

63. Define the genre of the work

A) a story B) a fairy tale C) a fable

Who reads a lot

He knows a lot.

ANSWERS to the test "CROCODIL GENA AND HIS FRIENDS"

1-B

2-A

3-B

4-B

5-B

6-B

7-A

8-B

9-B

10-V

11-A

12-V

13-B

14-A

15-B

16-B

17-B

18-A

19-B

20-B

21-B

22-A

23-B

24-B

25-B

26-B

27-B

28-B

29-B

30-B

31-B

32-B 33-A

34-B 35-B 36-B 37-B 38-B 39-B 40-B 41-B 42-B 43-B 44-A 45-B 46-B 47-A 48-B 49-B 50- B 51-A 52-A 53-B 54-B 55-B 56-B 57-B 58-B 59-B 60-B 61-A 62-B 63-B

There were two reasons for writing this post. The first is that Eduard Uspensky turned 78 today. And the second - I came across a very interesting photo. The original caption for this photo was the phrase: "Leonid Shvartsman with his characters in the film" River of the Crocodile Gena. "Sorry, I thought I knew Soviet animation well, but I have not seen such a cartoon about Crocodile Gena. I have not even heard of it.

Here is the photo

Art director of films about Cheburashka Leonid Shvartsman with his characters in the film "River of the Crocodile Gena". 1974 Author of the photo: Vladimir Rodionov/RIA Novosti

In 1966, Roman Kachanov invited Leonid Shvartsman to his puppet animation. Their first work, "Granddaughter Lost", after that was "Mitten".

Somehow, Roman Kachanov decided to enlist the support of Khrushchev's son-in-law, Alexei Adzhubei. And asked him to write the script. Adjubey then worked as the editor-in-chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda, visited many countries, often traveled to Africa, and in 1969 wrote the script, Rivals, about African football players and some monsters

Work on the film began, Adzhubey began to go to the studio, and Kachanov - to Adzhubey, who had two young sons. And somehow, while visiting, Kachanov saw that they were reading a book with enthusiasm. It was Ouspensky's Crocodile Gena and His Friends. The next day, he bought the same book in a store, brought it to Soyuzmultfilm and said: "That's it, we're making a film based on it."

Here is how Leonid Shvartsman talks about the process of creation: “I got the crocodile pretty quickly. The script said: “The crocodile worked at the zoo as a crocodile. And when the working day ended and the bell rang, he put on his jacket, hat, picked up the phone and went home. "That was enough for me to have the image of a gentleman with a bow tie and a white shirt-front."

With Shapoklyak, too, everything turned out simply. Shapoklyak is, as you know, the name of a folding cylinder. This is the 19th century, and everything else came from here: a black strict dress, a frill, white lace cuffs, pumps with heels. Since she is such a naughty grandmother, Schwartzman gave her a long nose, rosy cheeks and a prominent chin. And he borrowed gray hair and a bun from his mother-in-law

"Five months - the preparatory period for the film, and half of all this time I was busy with Cheburashka. - Continues Leonid Shvartsman. - His eyes immediately made him childish, surprised, human. Although large, but not "like an owl." in the "preface, which is not necessary to read," it says: "When I was little, my parents gave me a toy: fluffy, shaggy, small. With big eyes, like an owl. With a round hare head and a small tail, like a bear. "That's it. Not a word about big ears.

I began to draw Cheburashka's ears: first at the top, then they gradually began to slide and grow. Kachanov regularly came to me, I showed sketches, we discussed them, argued, he expressed his wishes, I redrawn them. Thanks to such joint efforts, the final sketch was born. On it, however, Cheburashka still has a bear's tail, which was then greatly reduced. And the legs were longer at first, but Norshtein advised me to make them small, as they are now. After creating a sketch in color, I made a drawing, and the puppet masters made Cheburashka, and he began to live his own life."

Well, what about the "River of the Crocodile Gena" ...

I found another photo that confirms the shooting of this film.

The director of films about Cheburashka Roman Kachanov and the actors who voiced the roles of the characters in the film "Crocodile Gena's River", Clara Rumyanova and Vasily Livanov. 1974 Author of the photo: Vladimir Rodionov/RIA Novosti

But there is no more information about him. But if we draw an analogy with the name and year of the photographs, I think that this is just the working title of the cartoon "Shapoklyak" from which the famous song "Blue Wagon" came out.

Sources

www.moslenta.ru/article/2015/05/13/chebu rashka/
www.m.moe-online.ru/news/view/257123.htm l
www.kp-media.ru/catalog/?SECTION_ID=1615 3&ELEMENT_ID=1522512
www.ru.digititles.com/animation/krokodil-g ena-1969/graphic-art/eskiz-geny