Tale About Greed

Tale About Greed

1976 · 8 min · Animation

Once there lived the greed. She looked for kids, with which she could become bigger and more powerful. Greed could not even come close to those who have shared something with friends and fed animals and birds. But when she saw a little boy who does not want to let a girl from the yard play ball, she immediately went to him and began to cleverly feed his unwillingness to part with things. Soon she had moved to live in a separate room...

Directed by Borys Khranevych · Written by Genrikh Sapgir

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