Grandfather Mozai and the Rabbits, 
or "ded Mozai gulyaet v belom frake,"
a Russian fairy tale.

susyg: HEY MO!
  i got a girl at work who is russian to tell me the story of
  ded mozai

Mozai: Holy frejoles.  There's two Russians here who just say "it's a
  folk tale, you know, like Cinderella," and not much else.

susyg: no larissa rocks, she loves explaining stuff
  it is just a kids story and her english isn't super so her telling
  of it was pretty basic but it goes something like this....

  In the spring the melting snow always creates flooding

  but this particular year the flooding was so bad that forests
  were flooded and all the hills had become little islands

  in an attempt to survive the floods the poor little bunnies had
  run for higher ground and were now trapped on the little "island" mounds

  so old mozai (just a name like john or sacha) in his crumpled
  old hat and his white evening jacket and rowed out in his boat and went
  from island to island and saved all the little bunnies.

  that is basically what she said (i embellished a bit )

Mozai: Embellishment makes for a good story. Crumpled hat and white
  coat, eh?

susyg: ya one of those hats with the ears like a hunters hat and one
  ear was pinned up but the other fell down
  She said that often the story is called "grandfather mozai and
  the rabbits"