Ngoko, kwi-1969 ekude kwi studio ye "Soyuzmultfilm" okokuqala ngqa ifilimu ye-animated "I-Crocodile Gena" yakhululwa. Ndadubula lo mdwebo obalaseleyo womlawuli wethu wabantwana baseRoma Kachanov. Uphefumlelwe, kodwa, wathabatha kwi-Edward Uspensky "Inkohlakalo uGena kunye nabahlobo bakhe", ebhalwe ngo-1966. Emva koko, uGena noCheshshka bavela kathathu kwisikrini esikhulu: izicatshulwa ezintsha zadutyulwa kunye namaqhawe ababethandayo - i-Cheburashka, i-Shapoklyak ne-Cheburashka iya esikolweni.
Ngoko kutheni abantwana baseSoviet babethandana nale mbhangqwana engenakulinganiswa? Ewe, into elula kakhulu. UGena noThaburashka banomusa kwaye banyanisekile, bahlala bekulungele ukuza kunceda abo baxakekileyo, iingcango zendlu yazo zivuleleke kubo bonke abahlobo babo. Kwaye kanye kanye oko oovulindlela kunye no-Oktobha baphupha ukuba babe. Kodwa iminyaka neminyaka yadlulela, i-Soviet Union, ingcamango yayo, akukho boovulindlela kunye no-Oktobha, abakho abakho, kwaye abantwana banamhlanje bayaqhubeka bebathanda amaqhawe. UGena noCheshshka bahlala bengumzekelo wobungani, ukungabi nabugovu kunye nobume obuhle. Abazali abaninzi banqwenela ukuba baqhelane nabantwana babo ngekhathuni, beshiya i-Disney yobugcisa kamva. Ingwenya elungileyo nelungileyo uGena, ongenalwazi, onomdla, onothando novelwano u-Cheburashka ufumana indlela eya kwintliziyo!
Kwaye into eyenziwa nguTeburashka kunye nengwenya uGena inomdla! UGena ngumntu ohlambulukileyo ohamba emilenzeni emibini kwisitimela kunye nentsimbi, isisebenzi sezoo. Ngubani na osebenza apho? I sikratshi. Sekule ndawo umlobi wehlazo liphezulu! No Cheburashka, ngubani na? I-Lop-eyred, isilwanyana esinesibhakabhaka esivela kwiindawo ezitshisayo, i-obevshiesya okanye i-oranges kunye ne-cheburahnuvshiysya eneesitokethi zokugcina. Indawo yokuqala yokuhlala kuyo ifowuni. Ngokumnandi kwaye echukumisayo ... Ngokuqinisekileyo, ngaphezu kwabo kwi-cartoon kukho amanye amaqhawe: ingonyama enomdla uChandra kwisilinda kunye ne-pince-nez, umfazi omdala ongumonakalisi uShaokoklyak kunye nexakeka lakhe elingunaphakade - intombazana ezukileyo uGalya, inja encinane iTobbi, i-dvoechnik Dima, i-Dvoechnik Dima, Ijirafi i-Anyuta kunye nenqwelomba Maria Frantsevna. Zonke ziyamangalisa, zihlekisayo kwaye zibumnandi, kodwa kodwa uthando olukhulu lwabantwana nabazali babo lisetyenziswe nguGene noTeburashka. Ewe, akumangalisi, kuba abantwana babona abahlobo abahle kunye nomzekelo wokuxelisa, nabazali ... Bazali, ngenxa yale mibahlobo emibini engabonakaliyo, banokufumana ithuba lokungena ebuntwaneni babo, ukuba bakhumbule ngovuyo kunye nokungazelelwe kwabo babalekela kwiTV, okanye njani bekhalaza umama wabo noyise bekhenkethi ukuba batshintshe umzila kwibhola okanye kwi-soap eyaziwayo ngexesha Iikhathuni, okanye indlela yokuzama ukufunda izifundo ngokukhawuleza ukuze ube nexesha lokulala kunye namaqhawe akho ozithandayo ngaphambi kokulala. Emva kwakho konke, ngamnye wethu unemikhumbuzo enjalo, nje umntu osondeleyo, kwaye umntu ufihliwe ngokujulile, kodwa bonke. Ukususela kulezi zikhumbuzo uphefumlela kwaye athuthuzele, ii-pie zikagogo, ukunyamekela kwezandla zikamama, i-velvet ebusuku kwisangqa sesibane setafile ukuthetha kunye nokungena indebe. Sisoloko sicinga ngokubuyela ngaphaya kwimizuzu? Kwaye ukusuka apho, ukusuka ekudeni kwexesha kusinikela kubahlobo abahlala besengumntwana wethu - u-Cheburashka noGena ...