About The Piglet Who Knew How To Play Checkers

About The Piglet Who Knew How To Play Checkers

1972 · 10 min · Animation

A funny story about a smart little pig who played checkers very well. He beat the donkey and the horse, and then went to look for the strongest in the forest, which, of course, was the wolf. This is how their confrontation began, because the wolf did not want to gain fame among the forest dwellers, who turned out to be weaker than the pigs in checkers...

Directed by Leonid Zarubin · Written by Volodymyr Kapustian

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