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# Children of the sun

# See your time has just begun

# Searching for your ways

# Through adventures every day

# Every day and night

# With the Condor in flight

# With all your friends in tow

# We search for the Cities of Gold

# Ahh-ah-ah

# Wishing for the Cities of Gold

# Ahh-ah-ah

# ome day we will find the Cities of Gold. #

FEMALE NARRATOR: Upon arrival in China,

our heroes meet a panda, and his young master,

who welcomes them to his village.

Welcome, noble strangers!

There, they discover a strange drum,

carrying a sacred and mysterious message.

It's gold!

During this time, the Grand Condor has kindled the greed of pirates

who surround the village to try and capture our heroes.

(YAWNS)

(SPLASH)

What was that? Huh!

Chunk! Did you hear that?

We're supposed to guard the village, not the river.

Go look if you want.

- Oh! - Yeah!

Did you hear that?

It works!

The rocks were shot into the river. Whoa!

Now, don't forget, once you're in the water,

you swim as fast as possible to the other side,

but without being noticed by the pirates.

- What?! - Huh?

Wasn't it the pirates you were aiming for?

Of course not.

The catapult is to pass over the pirates, Pedro.

It was you who gave me the idea.

Ah... (LAUGHS)

And what do you mean by passing over?

We're gonna be catapulted?

But we'll get hurt.

No! That's the point.

Because we're going to fall into the river. Splash!

Yeah, but it's just that I-I don't know very well how to swim.

Yeah, and what's worse is we'll get wet.

This fog is providential.

We must take advantage.

Thank you. Thank you for everything you've done for us.

You will always be welcome.

You and your friends.

Good luck, Esteban.

May the dragon guide your steps.

Uh...

Goodbye, Tzi.

I'm really happy to have found a friend like you.

Oh!

Oh!

- Mm. - Mm.

So let's get moving.

Alright. Sancho, Pedro, after you.

- Oh, no! - I don't want to be catapulted!

Me neither.

Mendoza!

Come now. A little bath will do you both good.

Sancho? Sancho?!

Huh? Huh?

Hmm.

Huh?

Chunk! Chunk!

Wake up! Something's going on here.

Mm?

Ooh!

Hmm.

Good luck, children, and may the flames of the dragon protect you.

Come on, Kokapetl. You want to race?

On your mark,

get set, go!

Hey. Goodbye, Z, and thank you.

Ready to go flying?

Yep. Ready to go.

Stop it, Yang Yang!

Yang Yang, come back here!

- Stop it now! - Come on, Yang Yang.

That's enough!

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Oh!

Argh!

Ugh!

Heh-heh!

Ah!

(CHUCKLES)

Ah!

(GROANS)

Ah!

Ah!

Watch out! Z! Behind you!

Whoa!

Esteban!

(LAUGHS)

- Yah! - No!

Z!

Two little foreigners falling from the sky.

Let us go!

BOTH: Z! Z!

Lower the sails!

Sails lowered!

- Starboard! - Starboard!

Forward!

Quick, Mendoza! Let's go save them!

Zia!

- Uh? - Shh.

Mm.

Come on. We need to move.

(SIGHS)

Mmm...

Pang Zi!

We captured two of them!

By the horns of the demons.

Now find out who that golden bird belongs to,

and don't let anybody come near our treasure.

Understand?

- Yes, sir! - You can count on us.

Here, take this over there.

Oh! It's heavy.

Come on, bring it over here.

I got it, I got it.

Put that over there.

If I still had my dagger, we'd already be out.

Watch out! Somebody's coming.

Ha-ha ha!

Ha-ha ha! That's good.

Get some sleep.

You're gonna need all your strength when Pang Zi interrogates you.

(LAUGHS)

It's OK, Esteban.

He's gone now. You can continue.

Ah, but the pirates outnumber us by far.

Yeah, that's for sure.

What's more, they're really mean.

But, Mendoza, we can't sit around doing nothing.

Huh?

Zia, the Grand Condor.

You should be able to pilot it.

Me?

But Mendoza, only Esteban can.

Yes, that's true. But Zia is also a chosen one.

- Huh? - Zia.

It's our only chance to save Esteban and Tao.

Got it!

We'll make off by the river.

Come!

Kokapetl?

Duh...

What? What is that?

There are pirates everywhere

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It's impossible!

Not even a dent!

It's more solid than a diamond.

Just wait. I'll show you a diamond!

Rah!

Hmm. We have got to find a way to distract their attention, you guys.

Sancho, Pedro?

But they're really big and strong, those pirates.

This way.

Why, no! It'll be faster that way.

Hm!

Ah! An allig-alliga...

Shh!

Come.

Oh!

Mm?

It's a, it's just stuffed?

Phew!

The pirates have to hunt alligators for their skins.

Oh. Hey, Esteban.

I think I've got an idea.

You're incapable!

You let them get away!

You better find those prisoners, fast!

As for you,

bath time.

No! Please! Not that!

I-I'll find them, I-I promise!

Oh, no! Please! Not a bath!

No! No!

Argh!

Please stop! Now!

(LAUGHTER)

Look how fast he's learning how to swim!

Good job, Toa. We're almost there.

Huh? (GROANS)

- Ha! - Come on.

Look at him!

(GASPS)

(SCREAMS)

Hey! No need to run, idiot!

You're out of the water!

You! You don't sound so good.

(SCREAMS)

Ha-ha! Let's see how tough these ones are.

(LAUGHTER)

Oh, no!

Oh, God!

Well, well! So just look who it is.

(LAUGHTER)

This'll calm the boss's temper.

Yeah!

Pirates! Pirates!

Rrrrr!

Hello? Anybody there?

I'll go see.

Yoo-hoo!

I beg you! Don't hurt me!

Have mercy!

Please! Please!

Ooh!

Phew!

BOTH: Yeah!

That way!

Yoo-hoo!

Hey, look!

Yah!

Yah!

Hey! You think you scare me, foreigner?

Yah!

Ha!

Run for your lives!

Yah!

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Here we are! Come and get us!

Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah!

Yah!

You can't catch us!

(LAUGHTER)

Nur-ni-nur-ni-nur-nur!

Ooh!

(SIGHS)

Hey! Not so fast, you!

Let me go!

(GRUNTING)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

Argh! You just hold still now!

Argh! Argh!

- Tzi! - Let her go, you brute!

You want to play the hero, kid?

Yah!

Yang Yang!

Oh!

Zia.

You saved my life.

I was so scared.

I hope I didn't hit him too hard.

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Hello, there!

Oh! No, no, no!

It wasn't us! We, we...

Come on, get up.

Zia's waiting for us.

You're alright? You're not hurt, Zia?

No, and it's thanks to Tzi,

and Yang Yang.

Bravo, Tzi, and thanks.

Let's get on board.

Oh, yeah, 'cause p-pirates are gonna wake up.

Hey! Me! Me, me first! Get outta my way!

What are you going to do in that enormous bird?

We're going away in it!

- It flies. - Huh?

Zia, we must go now.

Come with us. It's too dangerous here.

I cannot. Chief Wu has designated me for the future chief of the village.

I belong here, near my people.

Don't worry about me.

I'm used to hiding in this forest.

Zia, we must go.

Adieu, Tzi.

Adieu, Zia.

Tell me about this grand golden bird.

Fake.

What golden bird?

We've never seen a golden bird before.

We don't know what you're talking about.

Let us go now!

Don't lie to me!

I want to know everything there is about this bird.

Oh, there's only one bird we know of,

and that's, that's Kokapetl!

My parakeet.

Caw! Esteban!

Hey, there's my bird now!

Brrr! Many pirates!

(LAUGHTER)

Silence!

Prrr! Rrrr!

Bring me Glutang.

Let's see if you think this is funny.

Who's this Glutang?

Oh, I'm afraid it might be him!

(LAUGHTER)

(THEY SCREAM)

(LAUGHTER)

Alright, Zia, you can do this.

Yoo-hoo! It's working!

We're gonna take off!

No! We're gonna crash!

We're gonna fall flat on our faces!

No. No, I can't do it.

P-p-pirates!

You can do it, Zia.

Just think of Esteban and Tao.

It flies! It's a demon!

Oh! Did you see that, Yang Yang?

Nobody will ever believe it.

We don't know anything!

Easy now!

Glutang will help you regain your memory.

(LAUGHTER)

By the king of all hell, you will speak!

(THEY SCREAM)

FEMALE NARRATOR: How will Esteban and Tao manage to escape

the jaws of Glutang?

- BOTH: We don't know! - Tiger droppings!

You asked for it!

Will Zia succeed in piloting the Condor to fly to their rescue?

Oh, no!

You'll find out in the next episode

of The Mysterious Cities of Gold.

Along the Lee River, you can discover little fishing villages

like the one in which our heroes were welcomed.

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Is that the village chief?

Maybe, Kokapetl.

Here, life carries on Tranquilly between the Guilin mountains

and the bamboo forests.

Oh, there's bamboo everywhere!

Did you know that, here, bamboo is fundamental?

Oh, well, no.

It's growing is ancestral.

It is part of Chinese daily life.

Since bamboo grows fast, and is very light, solid,

and flexible, we find it everywhere.

Scaffolding is made out of it, houses, small boats, pelicans,

and it's even used to cook with.

Mmm! That looks good! Meal time!

What are those pirate ships called again?

Junks, Kokopetl.

These boats have existed for thousands of years.

At the time, and something rare, is that they already had a rudder,

a compass, and fully battened sails that enabled the ships to navigate,

even if they're torn by Esteban.

Well, I think they look a lot like bat wings.

You're right! The sails of the junks do indeed

represent the wings of bats,

or, as the Chinese call them, the flying rats of good fortune.

Goodbye, and see you soon!

Prrr!

Yuk! Goodbye!