Pispisa khanum and Mouse bey

Pispisa khanum and Mouse bey, also known as Tig-Tig Khanim, (Azerbaijani: Pıspısa xanım və Siçan bəy, is a 1974 Soviet animated short by Masud Panahi and Aghanaghi Akhundov. The animation was based on Abdulla Shaig's "Tig-tig khanum" fairytale published in 1910.^[1][2]

Plot

Tig-tig khanum is a lonely insect who is searching for a friend. After altering her looks, she meets a human shepherd and asks him if they can be friends and what he would do if she makes him angry. He responds that he would hurt her with his flute, so she rejects the shepherd. Tig-tig khanum finds a wolf and also asks him for friendship, but the fox threatens to chew her if he gets upset, so she rejects the wolf. Tig-tig khanum then finds Mouse bey, who accepts her friendship and won't harm her if he gets angry. They dance in a wedding ceremony with the song "Nalbaki" played by the mice.

Mouse bey tells Tig-tig khanum that there's a wedding in the cat king's palace and he'll bring food home, leaving her behind because it would be dangerous. Tig-tig khanum gets bored, goes outside, and a hedgehog appears. She tells him Mouse bey abandoned her and she wants to be friends with the hedgehog, but he's satisfied due to his friends. Tig-tig khanum falls to a river and struggles to swim. She shouts to the cats riding on a passing horse-drawn carriage that she wants to get rescued. They repeat her words in the palace; Mouse bey hears them and rushes to the river. He offers his hand to save Tig-tig khanum, but she rejects due to his negligence. As Mouse bey turns around and walks away, she grabs his tail to escape the river and lets go, her appearance reverting, and becomes lonely again.

Voice cast

• Zemfira Ismayilova as Pispisa Khanum
• Aghakhan Salmanov as Janavar

References