Why Does the Rooster Have Short Pants

There was an island inhabited by turtles. Their king above all else loved all kinds of praise and flattery, so subjects always followed them trying to play along to him. One day he decided to climb very high, using a very unstable structure.

Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".

One boy had a coherent musical quartet of bunnies that skillfully and beautifully played their instruments. However, a bear, a donkey, a monkey and a goat came, replacing the old members. But will they take the place of previous masters only by force and faux pas? After all, as it turned out they have no necessary skills...

A lion cub lives on a distant island, in which his friend, a monkey, is sick. In order to cure the ailment, the lion cub covered the monkey with leaves and gave him a coconut milk, heated on the fire. But the wise parrot advised a miraculous way - linden tea, which has a magnificent golden hue. But where, among the palm trees, take the linden-tree?

A man named Parasolka, who is forever barging into ridiculous situations, carefully prepared his car for the upcoming trip. Of course! After all, he's going to travel. And a beauty whom he suddenly greeted on his way completely knocks him out of the rut, inadvertently forcing do stupid things. Now, because of Parasolka’s carelessness, his car is completely out of order after drinking alcohol...

The little chicken subdues the big animals - the fox, the wolf and the bear - with a cheerful song. "How green everything is, how beautiful everything is... Ko-ko-ko-ko-ko-ro-ko".

The story of how a father taught his lazy son Hrytsko to work.

The pot-bellied bucket samovar Ivan Ivanovich gathers the whole large family for a tea party. And only a small cup of tea is not enough for a lazy couch potato.

About the adventures of a boy and his dog who got into ancient times.

About the inextricable friendship of the Eastern Slavs: Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian Ivan.

A fairy tale about how capricious Maryana ordered to have a Firebird living with her.

The story of the blacksmith Vakula, which happened to him on the farm of Dikanka on Christmas night.

The story is about a little bear who has never seen winter and wanted to know what would happen after the end of autumn. The bear cub approaches the wolf with questions, who said that winter will come after autumn and everything will be covered with snow. The mole did not hear the bear's questions about winter, because his ears were filled with earth. At the end of autumn, the bear falls into hibernation and has a fantastic dream.

The characters of the film are folk wooden and clay toys.

Of a quarrel and friendship between an old man and his rooster. Based on a Ukrainian folk tale.