[2] The second part features the story of grandpa and his nephew playing the children game where the players periodically opens and shuts their eyes.
This part was based on lyrics by Ovsey Driz and performed by Leonid Bronevoy and Alesha Pavlov.
The storytellers (Lev Shimelov and Alexander Levenbuk) can't remember the story plot, and they are trying to recall it.
(This is a pun on the two common Russian danger signs – "Don't stand under heavy load" and "Beware!
[4] At the time of release, the Soviet state officials wanted to ban the film because of (what they described) "ideological nonsense".