Witch and Switch part 1 of 2. From the 1996 VHS "Classic Fairy Tales From Around The World". Animated in Russia. English dub.
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00:00ANNA! ANNA! ANNA! ANSWER ME!
00:26Stop screaming, Misha. Can't you see I'm busy?
00:29Really? Too busy to talk to Mother?
00:33Oh, that's different.
00:36Anna, I need you to go into the woods and gather mushrooms, or we'll have no soup tonight.
00:42Yes, Mother. I'll go right away.
00:46I want to go too. May I?
00:48Yes, but don't go past the black oak. That part of the woods is enchanted and evil.
00:53I'm not afraid. I'll take Father's sword.
00:56Don't be silly, Misha. You have to carry the basket.
00:59But we might run into the evil witch Griselda.
01:05You can just stay here, then.
01:09All right. Give me the basket.
01:12Stay together, children. And watch your little brother, Anna.
01:21Anna, do you really think the forest is enchanted?
01:24I'm not going past the black oak to find out.
01:28I'm going to bring home the biggest mushroom of all.
01:30You!
01:36You haven't captured a mushroom at all. You've captured a silly little nut.
01:40Look! Mushrooms!
01:43Those are bad ones, Misha. Poison.
01:47Oh! One is running away.
01:49Don't be silly. Mushrooms can't run. Now come on.
01:54It's a magical mushroom.
02:00I bet it came from the other side of the black oak.
02:05Of course I did.
02:08And you'll never catch me, little man.
02:10Misha! Come see the mushrooms I found.
02:12Come see my mushroom.
02:19You can catch me.
02:21You can catch me.
02:24Hello. Here I am.
02:30Come back here, mushroom.
02:34Try and catch me.
02:46The black oak. I shouldn't go near it.
02:49I shouldn't go near it.
02:52Come and get me, little boy.
02:57Gotcha!
03:03Who's got who?
03:06Another stupid little boy for my mistress, witch Griselda.
03:13How lovely. Now to take him back to my castle.
03:19Misha! Misha! Help me carry these.
03:24Misha! Misha! Where are you?
03:29Misha! Stop fooling with me.
03:34The black oak. It went into the enchanted woods.
03:43Misha!
03:46Misha!
03:56Goodness. It's an enchanted tree.
04:02Enchanted tree, are you ill?
04:07I am dying.
04:10One of Griselda's evil worms is gnawing at my roots.
04:14Then Griselda does exist?
04:18Yes. And her evil servants are destroying our beautiful woods.
04:24I must kill the worm.
04:30Hey! What do you think you're doing?
04:34Stop it. Don't make me angry.
04:38Griselda has crowned me King of the Worms.
04:41You can't hurt me.
04:56Thank you, child. You have saved my life.
05:01But witch Griselda will be angry.
05:06Take this switch and know that it has power.
05:09Take this switch and know that it has power thrice its size.
05:13Use it very wisely when troubled authorize.
05:16One touch of the narrow end and things grow small and tiny.
05:20A touch again from the other end and things grow tall and mighty.
05:27But I would trade all the magic switches in the world to find my lost little brother.
05:33Dear girl, do you hear the babbling of the brook nearby?
05:37Yes, I hear it.
05:39Follow that brook. It will lead you to a small ravine.
05:42Above the ravine you will find an ancient tree.
05:45In that tree sits a very wise crow.
05:48He knows everything that goes on in the forest.
05:50Perhaps he will know where to find your lost brother.
05:53Hello? Hello, crow? Hello up there?
05:57Hello? Please answer me. I need your help.
06:00Stop screaming, girl. He'll never hear you.
06:04Why not?
06:05When wise old crow has his nose buried in a book,
06:09you have to practically scream in his ear to get him to notice you.
06:14His ear? But how will I ever reach his ear?
06:18This tree is so tall.
06:22But I can make it small, of course.
06:25Please, wise old crow, can you help me find my brother?
06:29So, evil Griselda has done it again.
06:33No child is safe while she lives in these woods.
06:37You must ask for help from the gentle giant Farrar.
06:41Friend Bunny there will lead you to him. He'll know what to do.
06:46Wait! I would like to ask you to help me find my brother.
06:51Friend Bunny there will lead you to him. He'll know what to do.
06:55Wait! I would like you to return my home to normal.
07:04Thank you again for all of your help, wise crow.
07:07Goodbye now.
07:10I hope you like my lovely castle, boy.
07:15Because you will never leave here again.
07:18Now, while I'm napping, you clean up around here.
07:22No, I want to sleep too.
07:25Silence, boy.
07:27You can sleep when you're dead.
07:30For now, you will clean all the ashes from my fireplace.
07:34Then you will brush the mane of my beautiful horse.
07:39What beautiful horse?
07:41Over there.
07:43That's not a horse, it's a broom.
07:45Shut up.
07:46Shut up.
07:48And keep those wretched mice quiet too.
07:53Why are they caged?
07:55They were eating my sour cream. That's why they're caged.
07:59Well, I like sour cream too.
08:01Must I throw you into a cage too? You stay away from my food.
08:07I'm going to bed.
08:09And when I awaken, I think I'll eat you.
08:14For dinner.
08:16Little boy.
08:18I think I'm not such a little boy.
08:21Yes, you are. You're a stupid little boy.
08:25You'll see when I escape.
08:28Never. No one escapes from here.