Yumi, a puppy.
Greta, his mother.
Pirate, a stray dog.
Titmouse, a gossipy neighbor.
Lord, a boss of the cat gang.
Toy, a kitten burglar.
Melisa, his mother.
Malyshev, the mayor of the city.
Nyuta, his daughter, 10 years old
Suvorov, a major, a local police officer.
Yin, a little field mouse.
Yang, her brother.
Crow, a black bird.
Khorkov, the house manager and the leader of the animal tormentor gang.
Corkscrew, his henchman.
Karabasov, a director of a construction company.
Scene 1.
Christmas Eve. Early morning. Light frost.
A wasteland on the outskirts of the city. The house of Greta and Yumi is in the foreground, it is a small dugout blanketed in snow. A metal mesh fence is on the left, and an apartment block yard is behind it. On the right there are thickets of bushes followed by a deep gully.
Yumi and the field mice play tag.
Yin. Yumi!
Yumi. Grr…
Yang. Yumi!
Yumi. Woof!
Yin. Yumi, we are here!
Yumi. Won’t I just catch you!
Yang. Uh-huh.
Yumi. Tadpoles!
Yang. Ha-ha. What a clumsy puppy!
Yin. It’s not a puppy, but a snail!
Yumi. So that’s what you’re saying! Woof! (He comes for the little mouse, who stands on a small heap of snow and pulls it all down).
Yang. It’s not a snail, but a jumbo.
Yin. Fat clumsy jumbo Yumi.
Yumi. Woof! I will catch you and I will eat you!
The little mice laugh and scatter in all directions.
Yin. Yumi, eat me!
Yang. Yumi, you’d better eat me!
Yumi. Woof!
Yin. Yumi, I taste better.
Yumi. Grr…
A crow flies up to them, pounces at one of the mice and tries to carry it away. Yumi bites the crow’s tail. The crow sets the little mouse free, wriggles out of Yumi and flies away.
Crow (on the wing). Caw!!! Caw!!! Just hold on, you pup! We’ll be quits yet! You won’t forget me. Caw!!! Caw…
Yang. Yumi, thank you!
